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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 26 - Introduction

* The Divine mercies encourage to confidence in God. (1-4) His judgments. (5-11) His people exhorted to wait upon Him. (12-19) Deliverance promised. (20,21)

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See also Isaiah 26 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    For the general scope and design of this chapter, see the remarks at the commencement of Isaiah 24 and Isaiah 25:1. It is a song of praise supposed to be sung by the Jews on their return to their own...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 24-27. THE WORLD IS JUDGED, ISRAEL IS DELIVERED. This section of the book is certainly not by Isaiah. It has points of contact with his prophecies, but with the work of later prophets as well....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Isaiah 26:1-19. The Nation's Prayer for a more complete Salvation (1) Isaiah 26:1. The nation praises God for the strength and safety of Jerusalem, henceforth to be the dwelling place of a righteous,...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _A SONG INCITING TO CONFIDENCE IN GOD, FOR HIS JUDGMENTS, AND FOR HIS FAVOUR TO HIS PEOPLE. AN EXHORTATION TO WAIT ON GOD._ _Before Christ 715._ THIS chapter contains the second doxology, and is tru...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    EXAMINATION Chapter S TWENTY-FOUR THROUGH TWENTY-SEVEN DEFINITION (Define the following words or phrases as they were discussed in the comments.) 1. _lofty_ people 2. _new wine_ 3. isles of th...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 (d-0) (The title of this book, 'Isaiah'), Meaning, 'Salvation of Jah.' see Psalms 68:4 ....

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 26 This chapter contains a song of praise for the safety and prosperity of the church, and the destruction of its enemies. The church is represented as a strong city, whose wal...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 3292. B.C. 712._ In this chapter we have a second doxology, or song of praise, in which the great things God had engaged, in the foregoing chapter, to do for his people, and against his and the...

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