Isaiah 26:18

God's Word

We were pregnant; we writhed with labor pains only to give birth to the wind. We weren’t able to bring salvation to the land, and no new people were born on earth.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:3

They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day filled with misery, punishment, and disgrace. We are like a woman who is about to give birth but doesn’t have the strength to do it.

Psalm 17:14

With your power rescue me from mortals, O Lord, from mortals who enjoy their inheritance only in this life. You fill their bellies with your treasure. Their children are satisfied ⌞with it⌟, and they leave what remains to their children.

Isaiah 33:11

You will be pregnant with hay. You will give birth to straw. Your breath will be a fire which will burn you up.

Isaiah 37:3

They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day filled with misery, punishment, and disgrace. We are like a woman who is about to give birth but doesn’t have the strength to do it.

Isaiah 59:4

No one calls for justice, and no one pleads his case truthfully. People trust pointless arguments and speak lies. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.

Hosea 13:13

They have the opportunity to live again, but they are not smart enough to take it. They are like a baby who is about to be born but won’t come out of its mother’s womb.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I say that what everyone does is evil.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are from God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

1 Samuel 11:13

But Saul said, “No one will be killed today, because today the Lord saved Israel.”

1 Samuel 14:45

The troops asked Saul, “Should Jonathan die after he has won this great victory in Israel? That would be unthinkable! We solemnly swear, as the Lord lives, not a single hair of his head will fall to the ground, because he has done this with God’s help today.” So the troops rescued Jonathan from death.