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size="1">ORD</font>. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>We were pregnant, we writhed <i>in labor,</i><br>         We gave birth, as it seems, <i>only</i> to wind.<br>         We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth,<br>         Nor were inhabitants of the world born. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>Your dead will live;<br>         Their corpses will rise.<br>         You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy,<br>         For your dew <i>is as</i> the dew of the dawn,<br>         And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>Come, my people, enter into your rooms<br>         And close your doors behind you;<br>         Hide for a little while<br>         Until indignation runs <i>its</i> course. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>For behold, the L<font size="1">ORD</font> is about to come out from His place<br>         To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;<br>         And the earth will reveal her bloodshed<br>         And will no longer cover her slain. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so we have been before thee, O Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />As a woman with child, when she draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs: so are we become in thy presence, O Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/isaiah/26.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />As a woman with child, that draweth near her delivery, is in travail, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been before thee, Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been before thee, O LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />As a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Like as a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs; so we have been before you, Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> When a pregnant woman cometh near to the birth, She is pained -- she crieth in her pangs, So we have been from Thy face, O Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/our_strong_city.htm">Our Strong City</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.'--ISAIAH xxvi 1-2. What day is 'that day'? The answer carries us back a couple of chapters, to the great picture drawn by the prophet of a world-wide judgment, which is followed by a burst of song from the ransomed people of Jehovah, like Miriam's chant by the shores of the Red Sea. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/our_strong_city.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_song_of_two_cities.htm">The Song of Two Cities</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'In that day shall this song he sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. 2. Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee; because he trusteth in Thee. A. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength: 5. For He bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, He layeth it low; He layeth it low, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_song_of_two_cities.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_inhabitant_of_the_rock.htm">The Inhabitant of the Rock</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Thou wilt keep him In perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.'--ISAIAH xxvi. 3-4. There is an obvious parallel between these verses and the two preceding ones. The safety which was there set forth as the result of dwelling in the strong city is here presented as the consequence of trust. The emblem of the fortified place passes into that of the Rock of Ages. There is the further resemblance <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_inhabitant_of_the_rock.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_1_1855/the_desire_of_the_soul.htm">The Desire of the Soul in Spiritual Darkness</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Tis midnight on the mountains' brown, The cold round moon shines deeply down; Blue roll the waters, blue the sky Spreads like an ocean hung on high, Bespangled with those isles of light, So wildly, spiritually bright; Who ever gazed upon them shining, And turning to earth without repining, Nor wish'd for wings to flee away, And mix with their eternal ray." Even with the most irreligious person, a man farthest from spiritual thought, it seems that there is some power in the grandeur and stillness <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_1_1855/the_desire_of_the_soul.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 1: 1855</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_31_1885/the_song_of_a_city.htm">The Song of a City, and the Pearl of Peace</a><br></span><span class="snippet">This song of a city may, however, belong to us as much as to the men of Judah, and we may throw into it a deeper sense of which they were not aware. We were once unguarded from spiritual evil, and we spent our days in constant fear; but the Lord has found for us a city of defence, a castle of refuge. We have a burgess-ship in the new Jerusalem which is the mother of us all; and within that strong city we dwell securely. Let us sing this morning, "We have a strong city." The man that hath come into <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_31_1885/the_song_of_a_city.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 31: 1885</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/knox/the_pulpit_of_the_reformation_nos_1_2_and_3_/a_sermon_on_isaiah_xxvi.htm">A Sermon on Isaiah xxvi. By John Knox. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">[In the Prospectus of our Publication it was stated, that one discourse, at least, would be given in each number. A strict adherence to this arrangement, however, it is found, would exclude from our pages some of the most talented discourses of our early Divines; and it is therefore deemed expedient to depart from it as occasion may require. The following Sermon will occupy two numbers, and we hope, that from its intrinsic value, its historical interest, and the illustrious name of its author, it <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/knox/the_pulpit_of_the_reformation_nos_1_2_and_3_/a_sermon_on_isaiah_xxvi.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Knox—</span><span class="citation2">The Pulpit Of The Reformation, Nos. 1, 2 and 3. </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/waring/hymns_and_meditations/o_this_is_blessing_this.htm">O, this is Blessing, this is Rest --</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed in Thee: because he trusteth in Thee." -- Isaiah 26:3. O, this is blessing, this is rest -- Unto Thine arms, O Lord, I flee: I hide me in Thy faithful breast, And pour out all my soul to Thee. There is a host dissuading me, -- But, all their voices far above, I hear Thy words -- "O taste and see The comfort of a Savior's love." And, hushing every adverse sound, Songs of defence my soul surround, As if all saints encamped about One trusting <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/waring/hymns_and_meditations/o_this_is_blessing_this.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Miss A. L. Waring—</span><span class="citation2">Hymns and Meditations</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bevan/hymns_of_ter_steegen_suso_and_others/sleeping_and_waking.htm">Sleeping and Waking</a><br></span><span class="snippet">C. P. C. Is. xxvi. 19 We slept--a sleep of death, and yet of dreams, Fair dreams that pass, and sad dreams that abide, Where yearneth to the sound of distant streams The soul unsatisfied. We woke--but oh for speech of that fair land Wherein the soul awaketh, to declare The wonders that no heart can understand, That hath not entered there. For there the light that is not sun nor moon, That glows as morning, and as eve is sweet, And hath the glory of eternal noon, Doth guide the joyful feet. And <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bevan/hymns_of_ter_steegen_suso_and_others/sleeping_and_waking.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Frances Bevan—</span><span class="citation2">Hymns of Ter Steegen, Suso, and Others</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/yeardley/memoir_and_diary_of_john_yeardley_minister_of_the_gospel/chapter_xx_from_his_return.htm">From his Return from Russia to his Last Journey. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">1853-1858. John Yeardley had scarcely returned to England before war was declared with Russia. The confirmation he received from this lamentable event, that his journey had been made at the opportune time, filled his heart with gratitude. The work he had been able to do had been small, but he had the satisfaction of knowing that it had been accomplished at the only juncture in which it would have been practicable. The year 1853, he writes, closed with many mercies to a poor unworthy servant. I consider <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/yeardley/memoir_and_diary_of_john_yeardley_minister_of_the_gospel/chapter_xx_from_his_return.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Yeardley—</span><span class="citation2">Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/of_holy_virginity_/section_39_i_fear_i.htm">I Fear, I Say, Greatly for Thee, Lest...</a><br></span><span class="snippet">39. I fear, I say, greatly for thee, lest, when thou boastest that thou wilt follow the Lamb wheresoever He shall have gone, thou be unable by reason of swelling pride to follow Him through strait ways. It is good for thee, O virgin soul, that thus, as thou art a virgin, thus altogether keeping in thy heart that thou hast been born again, keeping in thy flesh that thou hast been born, thou yet conceive of the fear of the Lord, and give birth to the spirit of salvation. [2142] "Fear," indeed, "there <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/of_holy_virginity_/section_39_i_fear_i.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">St. Augustine—</span><span class="citation2">Of Holy Virginity. </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_17_1871/pleading.htm">Pleading</a><br></span><span class="snippet">We shall consider our text, then, as one of the productions of a great master in spiritual matters, and we will study it, praying all the while that God will help us to pray after the like fashion. In our text we have the soul of a successful pleader under four aspects: we view, first, the soul confessing: "I am poor and needy." You have next, the soul pleading, for he makes a plea out of his poor condition, and adds, "Make haste unto me, O God!" You see, thirdly, a soul in it's urgency, for he cries, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_17_1871/pleading.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 17: 1871</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/26-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 26:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 26:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/26-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 26:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 26:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/isaiah/26-17.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>