Isaiah 26:17-18

Isaiah 26:17-18

[17] Like  as a woman with child,  that draweth near  the time of her delivery,  is in pain,  and crieth out  in her pangs;  so have we been in thy sight,  O LORD.  [18] we have been in pain,  we have as it were  brought forth  wind;  we have not wrought  any deliverance  in the earth;  neither  have the inhabitants  of the world  fallen. 

What does Isaiah 26:17-18 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

During Isaiah"s own times, Israel went through many pains, as a woman in labor. But rather than giving birth to something significant, the salvation of the world or many individuals, these experiences only proved painful for the Israelites. They had not learned from God"s dealings with them any more than the nations had ( Isaiah 26:10).