Isaiah 26:18

We became pregnant, we writhed; we gave birth [to] wind. We cannot bring about deliverance [on the] earth, and no inhabitants of [the] world are born.

Psalm 17:14

from men by your hand, O Yahweh, from men of [this] world. Their share [is] in {this life}, and you fill their stomach [with] your treasure. They are satisfied [with] children. They bequeath their excess to their children.

Exodus 5:22-23

And Moses returned to Yahweh and said, "Lord, why have you brought trouble to this people? Why ever did you send me?

Joshua 7:7-9

And Joshua said, "Ah, my Lord! Why did you bring this people across the Jordan to give us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content and stayed beyond the Jordan.

1 Samuel 11:13

But Saul said, "No one will be put to death on this day, because {today} Yahweh has provided deliverance in Israel."

1 Samuel 14:45

But the army said to Saul, "Must Jonathan die, who accomplished this great victory in Israel? Far from it! As Yahweh lives, not a hair from his head will fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day." So the army ransomed Jonathan and he did not die.

2 Kings 19:3

They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'A day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace is this day, for the children {are about to be born}, but there is no strength to bear them.

Isaiah 33:11

You conceive dry grass, you bring forth stubble; your breath [is] a fire; it will consume you.

Isaiah 37:3

And they said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah: 'This day [is] a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to [the] cervical opening, and there is no strength to give birth.

Isaiah 59:4

There is nobody {who pleads with} justice, and there is nobody who judges with honesty. They rely on nothing and speak vanity. They conceive trouble and beget iniquity;

Hosea 13:13

The labor pains of childbirth come for him; he [is] an unwise son because [at the] proper time, he does not present himself {at the mouth of the womb}.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it, that its deeds are evil.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in [the power of] the evil one.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

We have been with child, 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.

The inhabitants

Bible References

We have been in

Isaiah 37:3
And they said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah: 'This day [is] a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to [the] cervical opening, and there is no strength to give birth.
2 Kings 19:3
They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'A day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace is this day, for the children {are about to be born}, but there is no strength to bear them.
Hosea 13:13
The labor pains of childbirth come for him; he [is] an unwise son because [at the] proper time, he does not present himself {at the mouth of the womb}.

We have not

Exodus 5:22
And Moses returned to Yahweh and said, "Lord, why have you brought trouble to this people? Why ever did you send me?
Joshua 7:7
And Joshua said, "Ah, my Lord! Why did you bring this people across the Jordan to give us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content and stayed beyond the Jordan.
1 Samuel 11:13
But Saul said, "No one will be put to death on this day, because {today} Yahweh has provided deliverance in Israel."
1 Samuel 14:45
But the army said to Saul, "Must Jonathan die, who accomplished this great victory in Israel? Far from it! As Yahweh lives, not a hair from his head will fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day." So the army ransomed Jonathan and he did not die.

The inhabitants

Psalm 17:14
from men by your hand, O Yahweh, from men of [this] world. Their share [is] in {this life}, and you fill their stomach [with] your treasure. They are satisfied [with] children. They bequeath their excess to their children.
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it, that its deeds are evil.
1 John 5:19
We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in [the power of] the evil one.