Yǐsaìyàshū 26:16

16 Yēhéhuá a , tāmen zaì jí nán zhōng xúnqiú nǐ . nǐde chéngfá líndào tāmen shēnshang , tāmen jiù qīng xīn tǔ dǎn dǎogào nǐ .

Yǐsaìyàshū 26:16 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 26:16

Lord, in trouble have they visited thee
This, and the two following verses ( Isaiah 26:17 Isaiah 26:18 ) , represent the troubles and disappointments of the church and people of God, before the destruction of antichrist; in which time of trouble they will visit the Lord, frequent the throne of grace, as saints in afflictions are wont to do; and sometimes this is the end to be answered by afflictions, ( Hosea 5:15 ) : they poured out a prayer;
or "muttering" ^F5; they will pray with a low voice, in an humble and submissive way, as persons in dejected circumstances; not a few words, but many, will they use; their petitions will be numerous; they will continue praying, and be constant at it, and out of the abundance of their hearts their mouth will speak; and they will pour out their souls and their complaints to the Lord, though privately, and with a low voice, and with groans unutterable: [when] thy chastening [was] upon them;
the afflicting hand of God, not as a punishment, but as a fatherly chastisement upon them; so all their persecutions from men are considered as permitted by the Lord for their instruction and correction; and these will not drive them from God, but bring them to him to seek him by prayer and supplication.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (vxl) "mussitationem", Montanus; "submissam orationem", Junius & Tremellius.

Yǐsaìyàshū 26:16 In-Context

14 Tāmen sǐ le , bì bùnéng zaì huó . tāmen qùshì , bì bùnéng zaì qǐ . yīnwei nǐ xíngfá tāmen , tāmende míng haó jiù quán rán xiāomiè .

15 Yēhéhuá a , nǐ zēngtiān guó mín , nǐ zēngtiān guó mín . nǐ dé le róngyào , yòu kuòzhāng dì de sì jìng .

16 Yēhéhuá a , tāmen zaì jí nán zhōng xúnqiú nǐ . nǐde chéngfá líndào tāmen shēnshang , tāmen jiù qīng xīn tǔ dǎn dǎogào nǐ .

17 Fùrén huáiyùn , lín chǎn téngtòng , zaì tòngkǔ zhī zhōng hǎnjiào , Yēhéhuá a , wǒmen zaì nǐ miànqián , yĕ shì rúcǐ .

18 Wǒmen yĕ céng huáiyùn téngtòng , suǒ chǎn de jìng xiàng fēng yíyàng , wǒmen zaì dì shang wèicéngxíng shénme zhĕngjiù de shì . shìshang de jūmín yĕ wèicéng baì luō .