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15 You have increased the nation, Lord,
    you have increased the nation, have added to your glory,
    you have extended far all the boundaries of the land.(A)
16 Lord, oppressed by your punishment,
    we cried out in anguish under your discipline.(B)
17 As a woman about to give birth
    writhes and cries out in pain,
    so were we before you, Lord.(C)

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15 You have enlarged the nation, Lord;
    you have enlarged the nation.(A)
You have gained glory for yourself;
    you have extended all the borders(B) of the land.

16 Lord, they came to you in their distress;(C)
    when you disciplined(D) them,
    they could barely whisper(E) a prayer.[a]
17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth(F)
    writhes and cries out in her pain,
    so were we in your presence, Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.