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Isaiah 26:16-18
Legacy Standard Bible
Isaiah 26:16-18
Legacy Standard Bible
16 O Yahweh, they visited You (A)in distress;
They [a]could only whisper a prayer;
Your chastening was upon them.
17 (B)As the [b]woman with child draws near to the time to give birth,
She writhes and cries out in her pangs of labor,
Thus were we before You, O Yahweh.
18 We were [c]with child, we writhed in labor;
We (C)gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish salvation for the earth,
And the (D)inhabitants of the world [d]were not born.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:16 Lit sound forth a whisper
- Isaiah 26:17 Or pregnant woman
- Isaiah 26:18 Or pregnant
- Isaiah 26:18 Lit had never fallen
Isaiah 26:16-18
New International Version
Isaiah 26:16-18
New International Version
16 Lord, they came to you in their distress;(A)
when you disciplined(B) them,
they could barely whisper(C) a prayer.[a]
17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth(D)
writhes and cries out in her pain,
so were we in your presence, Lord.
18 We were with child, we writhed in labor,
but we gave birth(E) to wind.
We have not brought salvation(F) to the earth,
and the people of the world have not come to life.(G)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
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