Isaiah 26:16

“Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, &c.] This, and the two following verses (<232617>Isaiah 26:17,18), represent the troubles and disappointments of the church and people of God, before the destruction of antichrist; in which time of trouble they will visit the Lord, frequent the throne of grace, as saints in afflictions are wont to do; and sometimes this is the end to be answered by afflictions, (<280515>Hosea 5:15): they poured out a prayer; or “muttering”f516; they will pray with a low voice, in an humble and submissive way, as persons in dejected circumstances; not a few words, but many, will they use; their petitions will be numerous; they will continue praying, and be constant at…”

“visited--sought. poured out-- (Psa 62:8), as a vessel emptying out all its contents. prayer--literally, "a whispered prayer," Margin, "a secret sighing" to God for help (compare Jer 13:17; Deu 8:16).”

“They - Thy people. Visited - Come into thy presence, with their prayers and supplications. Isaiah 26:17”

“26:16 While waiting for God’s salvation (26:1), the godly were in distress and longed for their vindication. They prayed beneath the burden of God’s discipline. In Hezekiah’s time, Judah was in distress when Sennacherib attacked and destroyed the whole nation except for Jerusalem.”

“in trouble: Deu 4:29, Deu 4:30; Jdg 10:9, Jdg 10:10; Ch2 6:37, Ch2 6:38, Ch2 33:12, Ch2 33:13; Psa 50:15, Psa 77:1, Psa 77:2; Psa 91:15; Jer 22:23; Hos 5:15, Hos 7:14; Rev 3:19, thy poured, Sa1 1:15; Psa 42:4, Psa 142:2; Lam 2:19 prayer: Heb. secret speech. Isaiah 26:17”

“The tephillâh now returns to the retrospective glance already cast in Isa 26:8, Isa 26:9 into that night of affliction, which preceded the redemption that had come. "Jehovah, in trouble they missed Thee, poured out light supplication when Thy chastisement came upon them. As a woman with child, who draws near to her delivery, writhes and cries out in her pangs, so were we in Thy sight, O Jehovah. We went with child, we writhed; it was as if we brought forth wind. We brought no deliverance to the land, and the inhabitants of the world did not come to the light." The substantive circumstantial clause in the parallel line, למו מוּסר, castigatione tua eos affilgente (ל as in Isa 26:9),…”