Isaiah 26:17

17 As a woman with child, whose time is near, is troubled, crying out in her pain; so have we been before you, O Lord.

Isaiah 26:17 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 26:17

Like as a woman with child
By this simile are set forth the great distresses and afflictions the church of Christ will be in, before redemption and deliverance from the antichristian yoke comes: [that] draweth near the time of her delivery;
when her burden is great and very troublesome: [is] in pain, [and] crieth out in her pangs;
for her friends to come about her, and give her all the help and assistance they can: so have we been in thy sight, O Lord;
in great distress and trouble, and crying to him for salvation and deliverance, all which were well known unto him.

Isaiah 26:17 In-Context

15 You have made the nation great, O Lord, you have made it great; glory is yours: you have made wide the limits of the land.

16 Lord, in trouble our eyes have been turned to you, we sent up a prayer when your punishment was on us.

17 As a woman with child, whose time is near, is troubled, crying out in her pain; so have we been before you, O Lord.

18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have given birth to wind; no salvation has come to the earth through us, and no children have come into the world.

19 Your dead will come back; their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.