Isaiah 26:14-18
English Standard Version
14 They are dead, they will not live;
they are shades, they will not arise;
to that end you have visited them with destruction
and wiped out all remembrance of them.
15 (A)But you have increased the nation, O Lord,
you have increased the nation; you are glorified;
(B)you have enlarged all the borders of the land.
16 O Lord, (C)in distress they sought you;
they poured out a whispered prayer
when your discipline was upon them.
17 (D)Like a pregnant woman
who writhes and cries out in her pangs
when she is near to giving birth,
so were we because of you, O Lord;
18 (E)we were pregnant, we writhed,
but we have given birth to wind.
We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth,
and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.
Isaiah 26:14-18
Christian Standard Bible
14 The dead do not live;
departed spirits do not rise up.
Indeed, you have punished and destroyed them;
you have wiped out all memory of them.(A)
15 You have added to the nation, Lord.(B)
You have added to the nation; you are honored.
You have expanded all the borders of the land.(C)
16 Lord, they went to you in their distress;(D)
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,(E)
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.
Footnotes
- 26:16 Hb obscure
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