Isaiah 26:16
Berean Standard Bible
O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
Context
14The dead will not live;
the departed spirits will not rise.
Therefore You have punished and destroyed them;
You have wiped out all memory of them. 15You have enlarged the nation, O LORD;
You have enlarged the nation.
You have gained glory for Yourself;
You have extended all the borders of the land. 16O LORD, they sought You in their distress;
when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer. 17As a woman with child about to give birth
writhes and cries out in pain,
so were we in Your presence, O LORD. 18We were with child; we writhed in pain;
but we gave birth to wind.
We have given no salvation to the earth,
nor brought any life into the world.
English text: Berean Standard Bible (BSB). English audio: Berean Standard Audio Bible.