Isaiah 26:16 “O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them,…”

Isaiah 26:16

O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

World English Bible

LORD, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.

American Standard Version

Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

Geneva Bible 1599

Lord, in trouble haue they visited thee: they powred out a prayer when thy chastening was vpon them.

Darby Translation

Jehovah, in trouble they sought thee; they poured out [their] whispered prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

Young's Literal Translation

O Jehovah, in distress they missed Thee, They have poured out a whisper, Thy chastisement [is] on them.

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“in trouble”

Hosea 5:15 Psalm 50:15 Psalm 91:15 Jeremiah 22:23 Hosea 7:14 Revelation 3:19

Hosea 5:15 · BSB

Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

Psalm 50:15 · BSB

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

Psalm 91:15 · BSB

When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.

Jeremiah 22:23 · BSB

O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”

Hosea 7:14 · BSB

They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.

Revelation 3:19 · BSB

Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

“thy poured”

1 Samuel 1:15 Psalm 42:4 Psalm 142:2 Lamentations 2:19

1 Samuel 1:15 · BSB

“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.

Psalm 42:4 · BSB

These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.

Psalm 142:2 · BSB

I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.

Lamentations 2:19 · BSB

Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corn…

Also

Isaiah 37:3

Isaiah 37:3 · BSB

to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.

17As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD.

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