tribes come.293 The emerging picture of this resplendent woman is thus one that ties her very closely to Israel and/or Zion.294 She is pregnant, crying out in pain, laboring to give birth. Her pregnancy would convey a sense of life and hope, generating a great expectancy as to the nature of the child to be born. Such a child must have a special connection to heaven, and perhaps a special connection with God himself! The agony of the childbirth would call to mind the words spoken to Eve regarding