Yahweh continues speaking about Zion as if it were a mother. (See: [Isaiah 66:7](./07.md))

##  Do I bring a mother to the time of birth and not cause her child to be born...Do I beget and then hold back? ##

Yahweh uses questions to emphasize that he will not fail to fulfill his promises to the people of Jerusalem. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])