14 Behold, an evil person is pregnant with injustice,
And he (A)conceives harm and gives birth to lies.

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14 Whoever is pregnant with evil
    conceives trouble and gives birth(A) to disillusionment.

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18 We were pregnant, we writhed in labor,
We (A)gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth,
Nor were (B)inhabitants of the world [a]born.

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  1. Isaiah 26:18 Lit fallen

18 We were with child, we writhed in labor,
    but we gave birth(A) to wind.
We have not brought salvation(B) to the earth,
    and the people of the world have not come to life.(C)

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(A)No one sues righteously and (B)no one pleads [a]honestly.
They (C)trust in confusion and speak lies;
They (D)conceive trouble and give birth to disaster.

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  1. Isaiah 59:4 Lit in truth

No one calls for justice;(A)
    no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely(B) on empty arguments, they utter lies;(C)
    they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.(D)

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15 Then (A)when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and (B)sin, when it has run its course, brings forth death.

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15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin;(A) and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.(B)

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