Cross references

Isaiah 26:18

We were with child; we writhed in pain;

but we gave birth to wind.

We have given no salvation to the earth,

nor brought any life into the world.

Isaiah 26:18 BSB

Isaiah 26:18 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 17:14 (5 votes) and Hosea 13:13 (5 votes). 8 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 3 to 1 John 5.

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Which verses does Isaiah 26:18 point to?

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  1. from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

  2. Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.

  3. to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

  4. to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

  5. No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

  6. You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.

  7. So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me? Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and You have not delivered Your people in any way.”

  8. “O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies? …

  9. But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”

  10. But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.

  11. John 7:71 vote

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