Isaiah
26:17
17 Like [k@mow] as a woman with
child [hareh], that draweth near [qarab] the time of her delivery [yalad], is in pain [chuwl], and
crieth out [za`aq] in her pangs [chebel]; so have we been in thy sight [paniym], O LORD [Y@hovah]. KJV-Interlinear
17 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; ESV
You cannot blame
the present generation for the failures of yesterday. You cannot blame todays generation for the failures
of tomorrow. Each person, just as each
generation, is responsible for their own failures.
And the generations
of humanity have failed repeatedly throughout history, not because of others,
but because of their own failures in the spiritual realm.
Generations fail,
God delivers, and then the generations resume right back where they left off, to
repeat the failure process over and over again.
The pains of child
birth, are used here to symbolize the pains, both internally and externally, of
the individual when their spiritual life falls apart.
And spiritual
lives fall apart, resulting from the failures of individuals in their spiritual
lives, resulting in pains that are beyond description.
And this is a very
good description of what one can expect out of life, when God is ignored, when
Christ is ignored, when doctrine is ignored.
In other words, if
indifference toward doctrine, exists in the life, then misery in great
magnitude, is the best you can expect.
Misery does not
come upon you instantly nor continue over the long haul, but when it comes, it will
not be pleasant.
