OET interlinear ISA 26:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הָרִ֣ינוּ חַ֔לְנוּ

pregnant writhed

Here Isaiah is speaking as if the people’s anguish were literally that of a woman who has been pregnant and has writhed in labor. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [We have toiled greatly, we have been in great pain]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּמ֖וֹ יָלַ֣דְנוּ ר֑וּחַ

but gave_birth wind

The point of this comparison is that just as having birthed wind would produce nothing, so also the people’s suffering has been futile and has not accomplished deliverance. Alternate translation: [as if our labor had produced nothing]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

יְשׁוּעֹת֙

deliverance

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of salvation, you could express the same idea in another way. See how you translated the similar expression in [26:1](../26/01.md). Alternate translation: [a safe place]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וּ⁠בַֽל־יִפְּל֖וּ יֹשְׁבֵ֥י תֵבֵֽל

and,not born inhabitants_of world

In this context, the term fallen means “born.” Alternate translation: [have not been born]