Isaiah 26:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

We have been in

Isaiah 37:3

2 Kings 19:3

Hosea 13:13

We have not

The inhabitants

Psalm 17:14

John 7:7

1 John 5:19

Bible References

We have been in

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

They said to 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.

Labor pains come on him.
He is not a wise son;
when the time comes,
he will not be born.

We have not

So Moses went back to the Lord and asked, “Lord, why have You caused trouble for this people? And why did You ever send me?

“Oh, Lord God,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites for our destruction? If only we had been content to remain on the other side of the Jordan!

But Saul ordered, “No one will be executed this day, for today the Lord has provided deliverance in Israel.”

But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die, who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? No, as the Lord lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for he worked with God’s help today.” So the people redeemed Jonathan, and he did not die.

The inhabitants

With Your hand, Lord, save me from men,
from men of the world
whose portion is in this life:
You fill their bellies with what You have in store;
their sons are satisfied,
and they leave their surplus to their children.

The world cannot hate you, but it does hate Me because I testify about it—that its deeds are evil.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the sway of the evil one.