Isaiah 26:18

New English Translation

We were pregnant, we strained, we gave birth, as it were, to wind. We cannot produce deliverance on the earth; people to populate the world are not born.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:3

“This is what Hezekiah says: ‘This is a day of distress, insults, and humiliation, as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through.

Psalm 17:14

Lord, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.

Isaiah 33:11

You conceive straw, you give birth to chaff; your breath is a fire that destroys you.

Isaiah 37:3

“This is what Hezekiah says: ‘This is a day of distress, insults, and humiliation, as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through.

Isaiah 59:4

No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.

Hosea 13:13

The labor pains of a woman will overtake him, but the baby will lack wisdom; when the time arrives, he will not come out of the womb!

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

1 Samuel 11:13

But Saul said, “No one will be killed on this day. For today the Lord has given Israel a victory!”

1 Samuel 14:45

But the army said to Saul, “Should Jonathan, who won this great victory in Israel, die? May it never be! As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of his head will fall to the ground! For it is with the help of God that he has acted today.” So the army rescued Jonathan from death.