¹⁸ We have been with child, we have been in pain;
We have, as it were, ^[a]brought forth wind;
We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,
Nor have ^(A)the inhabitants of the world fallen.

⁹ Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?” says the Lord.
“Shall I who cause delivery shut up the womb?” says your God.

^13 (A)The sorrows of a woman in childbirth shall come upon him.
He is an unwise son,
For he should not stay long where children are born.