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Isaiah 26:18 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Isaiah 26:18 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Isaiah chapter 26 verse 18 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Isaiah 26:18 (KJV)
Commentary on Isaiah 26:18
We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind. This poignant metaphor employs childbirth imagery to express Israel's spiritual futility and disappointment. The Hebrew harah (הָרָה, "with child") and chul (חוּל, "writhe in pain") describe the intense labor and expectation of bringing forth new life. Yet the devastating conclusion—"brought forth wind" (ruach, רוּחַ)—reveals that all their efforts produced nothing substantial, only empty breath.The confession "we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth" uses yeshuah (יְשׁוּעָה, "salvation/deliverance")...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Isaiah 26:18
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“he doesn't come to the opening of the womb.”
“Yahweh”
“Thus says Hezekiah”
“and none pleads in truth: they trust in vanity”
“Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.,And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth., וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו כֹּה אָמַר חִזְקִיָּהוּ יוֹם־צָרָה וְתוֹכֵחָה וּנְאָצָה הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כִּי בָאוּ בָנִים עַד־מַשְׁבֵּר וְכֹחַ אַיִן לְלֵדָה׃ ,And they said unto him: Thus saith Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble”
“Ye shall conceive chaff”
“but it hates me”
“Shall Jonathan die”
“Alas”
“and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.”