Isa 26:17-18, 28:16, Heb 10:36-37 | ESV | STEP | 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 ;

aSee ch. 13:8

b[See ver. 17 above]

cCited Rom. 9:33; 1 Pet. 2:6; [Ps. 118:22; Matt. 21:42; Acts 4:11]

e ch. 14:32

f ch. 12:1-7; Luke 21:19; Rom. 2:7; 12:12; See Matt. 10:22

g ch. 13:21; [1 John 2:17]

h ch. 11:39

i Isa. 26:20; Hag. 2:6; Luke 18:8

jCited from Hab. 2:3, 4

Isaiah 26:17-18

17 ^aLike 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;
18 ^bwe were pregnant, we writhed,
but we have given birth to wind.
We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth,
and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.

Isaiah 28:16

16 therefore thus says the Lord God,
^c“Behold, I am the one who has laid ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll I am laying} as a foundation ^ein Zion,
a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’

Hebrews 10:36-37

36 For ^fyou have need of endurance, so that ^gwhen you have done the will of God you may ^hreceive what is promised. 37 For,

ⁱ“Yet a little while,
and ^jthe coming one will come and will not delay;