Isa 26:18, 59:4 | ESV | STEP | we were pregnant , we writhed , but we have given birth to wind . We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth , and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen .

a[See ver. 17 above]

Isaiah 26:18

18 ^awe were pregnant, we writhed,
but we have given birth to wind.
We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth,
and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.

Isaiah 59:4

4 ^bNo one enters suit justly;
no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies,
^cthey conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.