Isaiah 26:15-17

Good News Translation

¹⁵ Lord, you have made our nation grow,
    enlarging its territory on every side;
    and this has brought you honor.
¹⁶ You punished your people, Lord,
    and in anguish they prayed to you.^[a]
17 You, Lord, have made us cry out,
    as a woman in labor cries out in pain.