Misinterpretations often strip the verse of its eschatological context in Isaiah 66, portraying it merely as a generic assurance of personal emotional relief rather than God's communal restoration of Israel amid judgment and renewal, or misuse the maternal imagery to diminish God's fatherly nature and roles elsewhere in Scripture, or confine the promise to a literal, present-day Jerusalem without regard for its prophetic, future-oriented fulfillment.
Isaiah 66:13
King James Version (1769)
13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
God promises His people intimate, nurturing comfort akin to a mother's soothing embrace for her child, assuring them of profound consolation and restoration specifically in Jerusalem, which symbolizes the ultimate fulfillment of His redemptive plans in the context of the new heavens and new earth.