Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.
Shall I cause to bring forth, and shut (the womb)? - rather, 'shall I who beget restrain the birth?' (Lowth) (Isaiah 37:3 ; Hosea 13:13); i:e., shall I who have begun, not finish my work of restoring Israel? (1 Samuel 3:12; Romans 11:1; Philippians 1:6.)
Shut - (cf. Revelation 3:7-8.)