Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 26:16
16Adonai, they sought You in distress, they poured out a whispered prayer when Your discipline was upon them.
Isaiah 26:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
- New International Version (NIV)Lord, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.
- English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord, in distress they sought you; they poured out a whispered prayer when your discipline was upon them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Lord, in trouble they have visited You, They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them.
Context of Isaiah 26:16
14The dead do not live— dead souls do not rise. Thus You punished and destroyed them and wiped out all memory of them. 15You have increased the nation, Adonai, You have increased the nation. You are glorified as You have expanded all the borders of the land. Adonai, they sought You in distress, they poured out a whispered prayer when Your discipline was upon them. 17As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so we were before You, Adonai. 18We have been with child, we have been in pain, yet we gave birth to wind. We are accomplishing no deliverance for the earth, nor are inhabitants of the world coming to life.
Read all of Isaiah 26Isaiah 26:16 word by word
יְהוָ֖ה בַּצַּ֣ר פְּקָד֑וּךָ צָק֣וּן לַ֔חַשׁ מוּסָרְךָ֖ לָֽמוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 26:16
- Deuteronomy 4:29But from there you will seek Adonai your God and you will find Him, when you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Judges 10:9Then the children of Ammon also crossed over the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin and the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was greatly distressed.
- 2 Chronicles 6:37when they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and they repent and seek You in the land of their captivity saying, ‘We have sinned, we have committed inquity, we have acted wickedly,’
- 2 Chronicles 33:12In his distress, he entreated Adonai his God and greatly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
- Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble. When I rescue you, you will honor Me.”
- Psalms 77:1For the music director, on Jeduthun: a psalm of Asaph.
- Psalms 91:15When he calls on Me, I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble, rescue him, and honor him.
- Jeremiah 22:23O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs come on you, pain like a woman in travail!
- Hosea 5:15I will go and return to My place until they admit their guilt. Then they will seek My face. In their distress they will seek Me earnestly:
- Hosea 7:14Nor did they not cry to Me in their heart when they were wailing on their beds. For the sake of grain and new wine they slash themselves— they keep turning away from Me.
- Revelation 3:19Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore, be zealous and repent.
- 1 Samuel 1:15But in response Hannah said, “No, my lord, I am a woman with an oppressed spirit! I haven’t been drinking wine or beer. Instead I’ve been pouring out my soul before Adonai.
- Psalms 42:4My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all day: “Where is your God?”
- Psalms 142:2I cry aloud with my voice to Adonai. With my voice I seek favor from Adonai.
- Lamentations 2:19Arise! Cry out in the night at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the life of your children who faint from hunger at the head of every street.
Commentaries on Isaiah 26:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Lord, in trouble have they visited thee "O Jehovah, in affliction we have sought thee" - So the Septuagint and two MSS. have פקדנוך pekadnucha, in the first person plural. And so perhaps it should be צקנו tsaknu, in the first person; but how the Septuagint read this word is not clear; and this last member of the verse is extremely obscure. For למו lamo, "on them," the Septuagint read לנו lanu, "on us," in the first person likewise; a frequent mistake; see…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Poured out a prayer - Margin, Secret speech.‘ The Hebrew word לחשׁ lachash means properly a whispering, muttering; and thru a sighing, a calling for help. This is the sense here. In their calamity they sighed, and called on God for help.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-19Verses 12-19 Every creature, every business, any way serviceable to our comfort, God makes to be so; he makes that work for us which seemed to make against us. They had been slaves of sin and Satan; but by the Divine grace they were taught to look to be set free from all former masters. The cause opposed to God and his kingdom will sink at last. See our need of afflictions. Before, prayer came drop by drop; now they pour it out, it comes now like water…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16While waiting for God's salvation (Isaiah 26:1), the faithful were in distress and longed for justice. They prayed under the weight of God's discipline. During Hezekiah's time, Judah was in distress when Sennacherib attacked and destroyed the entire nation except for Jerusalem.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. visited--sought. poured out--(Psa 62:8), as a vessel emptying out all its contents. prayer--literally, "a whispered prayer," Margin, "a secret sighing" to God for help (compare Jr 13:17; De 8:16).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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