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Isaia 26:16

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16 O Signore, quando sono stati in distretta, si son ricordati di te; hanno sparso un basso lamento, mentre il tuo castigamento è stato sopra loro.

Isaia 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.


FOOTNOTES:

F5 (vxl) "mussitationem", Montanus; "submissam orationem", Junius & Tremellius.
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Isaia 26:16 In-Context

14 Quelli son morti, non torneranno più a vita; son trapassati, non risusciteranno più; perciò tu li hai visitati, e li hai sterminati, ed hai fatta perire ogni lor memoria.
15 O Signore, tu hai accresciuta la tua gente; tu l’hai accresciuta; tu sei stato glorificato, tu hai allargati tutti i confini del paese.
16 O Signore, quando sono stati in distretta, si son ricordati di te; hanno sparso un basso lamento, mentre il tuo castigamento è stato sopra loro.
17 Come la donna gravida, quando si avvicina al parto, si duole, e grida ne’ suoi dolori; così siamo stati noi, per cagione di te, o Signore.
18 Noi abbiam conceputo, ed abbiam sentiti dolori di parto; ma non abbiamo fatto altro che come se avessimo partorito del vento; noi non abbiamo operata salute alcuna alla terra, e gli abitatori del mondo non son caduti.
The Giovanni Diodati Bible is in the public domain.

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