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Isaiah 26:16-19
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.
19 Your (E)dead will live;
[e]Their corpses will rise.
You who dwell in the dust, (F)awake and shout for joy,
For your dew is as the dew of the [f]dawn,
And the earth will [g]give birth to the [h]departed spirits.

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  1. Isaiah 26:16 Lit sound forth a whisper
  2. Isaiah 26:17 Or pregnant woman
  3. Isaiah 26:18 Or pregnant
  4. Isaiah 26:18 Lit had never fallen
  5. Isaiah 26:19 As in some ancient versions; Heb My
  6. Isaiah 26:19 Lit lights
  7. Isaiah 26:19 Lit cause to fall
  8. Isaiah 26:19 Or shades
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Isaiah 26:16-19
Christian Standard Bible

16 Lord, they went to you in their distress;(A)
they poured out whispered prayers
because your discipline fell on them.[a]
17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth
writhes and cries out in her pains,(B)
so we were before you, Lord.
18 We became pregnant, we writhed in pain;
we gave birth to wind.
We have won no victories on earth,
and the earth’s inhabitants have not fallen.

19 Your dead will live; their bodies[b] will rise.(C)
Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust!
For you will be covered with the morning dew,[c]
and the earth will bring out the departed spirits.

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  1. 26:16 Hb obscure
  2. 26:19 Lit live; my body they
  3. 26:19 Lit For your dew is a dew of lights
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Isaiah 26:16-19
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)

19 But your dead(H) will live, Lord;
    their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust(I)
    wake up and shout for joy—
your dew(J) is like the dew of the morning;
    the earth will give birth to her dead.(K)

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  1. Isaiah 26:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
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