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Isaiah 26:14-18
New International Version
Isaiah 26:14-18
New International Version
14 They are now dead,(A) they live no more;
their spirits(B) do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;(C)
you wiped out all memory of them.(D)
15 You have enlarged the nation, Lord;
you have enlarged the nation.(E)
You have gained glory for yourself;
you have extended all the borders(F) of the land.
16 Lord, they came to you in their distress;(G)
when you disciplined(H) them,
they could barely whisper(I) a prayer.[a]
17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth(J)
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(K) to wind.
We have not brought salvation(L) to the earth,
and the people of the world have not come to life.(M)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
Isaiah 26:14-18
Common English Bible
Isaiah 26:14-18
Common English Bible
14 The dead don’t live; ghosts don’t rise.
Indeed, you have punished and destroyed them,
and abolished all memory of them.
15 You’ve enlarged the nation, Lord.
You’ve enlarged the nation; you are glorified.
You’ve expanded all the land’s boundaries.
16 Lord, in distress they sought you out;
they poured out prayers to you when you disciplined them.
17 As a pregnant woman close to childbirth is in labor pains,
crying out in her pangs,
so were we because of you, Lord.
18 We were pregnant, we writhed,
but we gave birth to wind.
We have achieved no victories on earth;
the inhabitants of the earth never fall.
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