Isaiah 26:14-18
New King James Version
14 They are dead, they will not live;
They are deceased, they will not rise.
Therefore You have punished and destroyed them,
And made all their memory to (A)perish.
15 You have increased the nation, O Lord,
You have (B)increased the nation;
You are glorified;
You have expanded all the [a]borders of the land.
16 Lord, (C)in trouble they have visited You,
They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them.
17 As (D)a woman with child
Is in pain and cries out in her [b]pangs,
When she draws near the time of her delivery,
So have we been in Your sight, O Lord.
18 We have been with child, we have been in pain;
We have, as it were, [c]brought forth wind;
We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,
Nor have (E)the inhabitants of the world fallen.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:15 Or ends
- Isaiah 26:17 sharp pains
- Isaiah 26:18 given birth to
Isaiah 26:14-18
21st Century King James Version
14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise; therefore hast Thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, Thou hast increased the nation. Thou art glorified; Thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
16 Lord, in trouble have they visited Thee, they poured out a prayer when Thy chastening was upon them.
17 As a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs, so have we been in Thy sight, O Lord.
18 We have been with child, we have been in pain; we have, as it were, brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth, neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
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