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
Isaiah 26:14-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 The dead do not live;
shades do not rise
because you have punished and destroyed them
and wiped out all memory of them.(A)
15 But you have increased the nation, O Lord;
you have increased the nation; you are glorified;
you have enlarged all the borders of the land.(B)
16 O Lord, in distress they sought you;
they poured out a prayer[a]
when your chastening was on them.(C)
17 Like a woman with child
about to give birth
writhes and cries out in her pain,
so were we because of you, O Lord;(D)
18 we were with child; we writhed,
but we gave birth only to wind.
We have won no victories on earth,
and no one is born to inhabit the world.(E)
Footnotes
- 26.16 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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