Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD] Or, Shall I, that open the matrice, (Heb. make the breach. Chap 37. 3.) not beget? or, not cause to bring forth? Shall I, that give others power to bring forth, not breed, but remain barren, my self? or, not enable my Zion to bring forth? vers. 8. shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the wombe, &c.] Or, am I he that cause to bring forth? and shall I shut? Genesis 16:2. Should I, that open the womb to others, shut up my Zions? and not make her fruitfull? See Gen. 20. 17, 18. & 29. 31. & 30. 22.