Isaiah 26:16-17

You Keep Him in Perfect Peace

¹⁶ O Lord, _w in distress they sought you;
they poured out a whispered prayer
when your discipline was upon them.
¹⁷ _x Like a pregnant woman
who writhes and cries out in her pangs
when she is near to giving birth,
so were we because of you, O Lord;

1. Cross References
   Hosea 5:15
   I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me.
   Isaiah 37:1 - 4
   As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord.
   
2. Cross References
   Isaiah 13:8
   They will be dismayed: pangs and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at one another; their faces will be aflame.