Isaiah 26:16

New English Translation

O Lord, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline.

Cross References

Psalm 142:2

I pour out my lament before him; I tell him about my troubles.

Psalm 27:8

My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O Lord.

Psalm 42:4

I will remember and weep! For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God, shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.

Psalm 50:15

Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!”

Psalm 77:3

I said, “I will remember God while I groan; I will think about him while my strength leaves me.” (Selah)

Psalm 78:34

When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.

Psalm 91:15

When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.

Isaiah 37:3

“This is what Hezekiah says: ‘This is a day of distress, insults, and humiliation, as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through.

Jeremiah 2:27

They say to a wooden idol, ‘You are my father.’ They say to a stone image, ‘You gave birth to me.’ Yes, they have turned away from me instead of turning to me. Yet when they are in trouble, they say, ‘Come and save us!’

Jeremiah 22:23

You may feel as secure as a bird nesting in the cedars of Lebanon. But oh how you will groan when the pains of judgment come on you. They will be like those of a woman giving birth to a baby.

Jeremiah 29:12

When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers.

Lamentations 2:19

Get up! Cry out in the night when the night watches start! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord! Lift up your hands to him for your children’s lives; they are fainting at every street corner. ר (Resh)

Hosea 5:15

Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.

Hosea 7:14

They do not pray to me, but howl in distress on their beds; They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from me.

Numbers 21:7

Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. Pray to the Lord that he would take away the snakes from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.

Revelation 3:19

All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!

Judges 10:15

But the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned. You do to us as you see fit, but deliver us today!”

1 Samuel 1:15

But Hannah replied, “That’s not the way it is, my lord! I am under a great deal of stress. I have drunk neither wine nor beer. Rather, I have poured out my soul to the Lord.