Isaiah 26:18
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
We have been with child,.... Like women with child; we have been full of hopes and expectations of great things, of…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
We have been ... - This refers to sorrows and calamities which they had experienced in former times, when they had made…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 26:12-19
The prophet in these verses looks back upon what God had done with them, both in mercy and judgment, and sings unto God…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Retaining the figure the prophet dwells on the abortive issue of the nation's prayers and sufferings. In the last clause…
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