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A Picture of Intense Suffering
Commentators universally agree that the image of a woman in labor is a powerful biblical metaphor for intense suffering and distress. It vividly portrays the anguish God's people felt during their oppression, crying out to Him in their pain. This imagery is used frequently in Scripture to describe overwhelming affliction.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 26:17
18th Century
Theologian
Like as a woman with child ... - This verse is designed to state their griefs and sorrows during the time of their oppression in Ba…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 26:17
19th Century
Bishop
Like as a woman with child. —This, as in Matthew 24:8, John 16:21, comes as the most natural image of longing,…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 26:17–18
19th Century
Preacher
Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pain; so have we been in thy sight O …
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 26:17
16th Century
Theologian
As a woman with child. Here, two things should primarily be noted. First, he compares believers to women in labor, who, we know, endure in…
John Gill
On Isaiah 26:17
17th Century
Pastor
Like as a woman with child
By this simile are set forth the great distresses and afflictions the church of Christ wi…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 26:12–19
17th Century
Minister
Every creature, every business, anything in any way serviceable to our comfort, God makes it so; He makes that work for us which seemed to work aga…