Isaiah 26:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Isaiah 26:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Poured out a prayer - Margin, ‘Secret speech.’ The Hebrew word לחשׁ lachash means properly a whispering, muttering; and thru a sighing, a calling for help. This is the sense here. In their ca...
Isaiah 26:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

LORD, in trouble have they (p) visited thee, they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening [was] upon them. (p) That is, the faithful by the rods were moved to pray to you for deliverance.
Isaiah 26:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Memories and Anticipations. The poem, which is a very elaborate composition, seems to have been written in confident expectation of deliverance, though the actual situation is still one of distress...
Isaiah 26:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. O Jehovah, in tribulation they have visited thee. This might be explained as relating to hypocrites, who never flee to God but when they have been constrained by distresses and afflictio...
Isaiah 26:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. Lord, in trouble have they visited thee "O Jehovah, in affliction we have sought thee" - So th...
Isaiah 26:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Lord, in trouble have they visited thee— O JEHOVAH, in affliction have we sought thee. Lowth. The 18th verse may be read, We had conceived; we were in pain; we brought forth as it were wind: A...
Isaiah 26:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. Lord, in trouble have they visited (i:e., sought) thee, they poured out a prayer ( Psal...
Isaiah 26:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Salvation, etc.] the assurance of divine protection takes the place of material bulwarks.
Isaiah 26:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lord, in trouble have they visited thee. — Better, have they missed Thee (as in 1 Samuel 20:6 ; 1 Samuel 25:15 ), or sought after Thee, or, remembered Thee. They poured out a prayer... —...
Isaiah 26:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXIX GOD'S POOR DATE UNCERTAIN Isaiah 25:1-12 ; Isaiah 26:1-21 ; Isaiah 27:1-13 WE have seen that no more than the faintest gleam of historical reflection brightens the obscurity of...
Isaiah 26:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Chastened by Suffering Isaiah 26:11-21 When God ordains our peace, a world in arms cannot disturb us. Our peace results from the conviction that God is going before us and preparing our works....
Isaiah 26:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Naturally following this prophecy of praise for the activity of Jehovah is the great song which will be sung in the day of Jehovah's ultimate victory. It is praise for the establishment of the city,...
Isaiah 26:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How strikingly is the conduct of wicked and unregenerate men here marked! If the Lord's hand be lifted up in judgments; though they see the judgments; yet as the Lord's judgments they see them not. A...
Isaiah 26:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lord, in trouble have they visited thee ,.... This, and the two following verses Isaiah 26:17 , represent the troubles and disappointments of the church and people of God, before the destruction of...
Isaiah 26:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening [was] upon them. Ver. 16. Lord, in trouble have they visited thee. ] Pulcherrimus afflictationum fructus, p...
Isaiah 26:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O Lord, in trouble Amidst the various calamities brought upon them for their correction and especially in their captivity; have they Namely, thy people; visited thee Come into thy presence with...
Isaiah 26:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Goodness of God to Israel; Israel Corrected for Sin; Prospects of the Church. B. C. 718. ...
Isaiah 26:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They, to wit, thy people, as appears both from the matter of this verse, and from the following verses. Visited thee; come into thy presence, with their prayers and supplications, as the next cla...
Isaiah 26:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Righteous and the Unrighteous ( Isaiah 26:5-21 ) The ways of the righteous and of the unrighteous are now compared, and their destinies contrasted. For the unrighteous the grave with its shado...
Isaiah 26:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

PRAYER IN TROUBLE Isaiah 26:16 . “Lord, in trouble,” &c. Every man knows what trouble is; what it is to lie under the chastening hand of God. In the day of trouble, we feel our dependence on...
Isaiah 26:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 26:1 . In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; God would have his people to be a singing people. They often sigh; they should oftener sing. God makes their songs, and app...
Isaiah 26:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 26:1 . When Sennacherib's army was slain, the Hebrews could sing, We have a strong city; yea, a city stronger than Jerusalem. God is our refuge, a very present help in time of trouble. We a...
Isaiah 26:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Lord, in trouble have they visited Thee God a harbour of refuge It is a blessed loss that makes us find our God! What we gain is in finitely more than what we have lost. What a mercy that God...
Isaiah 26:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 26:1-23 A SONG OF THE REDEEMED IN MOUNT ZION . The prophet, having (in Isaiah 25:1-23 .) poured forth his own thankfulness to God for the promise of the Chur...
Isaiah 26:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Concluding Scenes from the World's History
Isaiah 26:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 1:15 ; 2 Chronicles 33:12 ; 2 Chronicles 33:13 ; 2 Chronicles 6:37 ; 2 Chronicles 6:38 ; Deuteronomy 4:29 ; Deuteronomy 4:30 ; Hosea 5:15 ; Hosea 7:14 ; Jeremiah 22:23 ; Judges 10...
Isaiah 26:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They — Thy people. Visited — Come into thy presence, with their prayers and supplications.

Isaiah 26:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 26:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 26:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 26:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 26:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 26:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 26:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 26:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 26:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 26:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 26:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 26:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 26:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 26:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 26:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 26:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 26:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 26:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 26:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 26:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 26:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 26:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 26:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 26:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 26:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 26:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 26:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes