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THE FOOT SHALL TREAD IT DOWN, EVEN THE FEET OF THE POOR - That is,
evidently, those who had been despised by them, and who had been
overcome and oppressed by them. The obvious reference here is to the...
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CHAPTER 26 JUDAH'S GLORY SONG
1. _Praise for Jehovah's faithfulness and mercies (Isaiah 26:1)_ 2.
_The experiences of waiting during the night (Isaiah 26:7)_ 3. The
assurance of peace and deliverance...
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MEMORIES AND ANTICIPATIONS. The poem, which is a very elaborate
composition, seems to have been written in confident expectation of
deliverance, though the actual situation is still one of distress.
J...
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POOR. wretched, afflicted. Here singular. Hebrew. _amah_. See note on
Proverbs 6:11.
NEEDY. lowly ones....
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Jehovah has proved himself to be a Rock by the destruction of "the
lofty city"; see on ch. Isaiah 25:2. The principal pause in Isaiah
26:5 should be after the word "city....
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The _poor_and _needy_are the Jews, as in ch. Isaiah 25:4. The
oppressed triumph over their oppressors. But that they are actually
the instruments of Jehovah's vengeance on the "lofty city" is not
nece...
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TRUST YE IN THE LORD— The fourth chorus, in these verses, contains
an exhortation directed to others to place their confidence in God,
upon the knowledge and observation of the present illustrious
del...
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C. JUSTICE AT LAST FOR JUDAH, CHAPTER 26
1. JUSTICE'S ORIGIN
TEXT: Isaiah 26:1-6
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In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a
strong city; salvation will he appoint for wel...
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The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the
steps of the needy.
THE FOOT SHALL TREAD IT DOWN - with exultation over its fall (). THE
FOOT SHALL TREAD IT DOWN - with exultation...
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1. SALVATION, etc.] the assurance of divine protection takes the place
of material bulwarks....
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It is the action of the *Lord alone that has completely changed the
situation. Poor and weak people had nothing that they could do to save
themselves. But they can take advantage of what the *Lord has...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 26
A SONG TO PRAISE GOD
V1 At that time all the people in Judah will sing this song:...
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EVEN THE FEET OF THE POOR... — The downfall of the haughty city is
emphasised by the fact that the instruments of its destruction are to
be the very people it had oppressed. The “saints of God” are in...
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תִּרְמְסֶ֖נָּה רָ֑גֶל רַגְלֵ֥י
עָנִ֖י פַּעֲמֵ֥י דַלִּֽים׃...
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BOOK 5
PROPHECIES NOT RELATING TO ISAIAH'S TIME
In the first thirty-nine Chapter s of the Book of Isaiah-the half
which refers to the prophet's own career and the politics contemporary
with that - w...
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CHAPTER XXIX
GOD'S POOR
DATE UNCERTAIN
Isaiah 25:1; Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 27:1
WE have seen that no more than the faintest gleam of historical
reflection brightens the obscurity of chapter 24, and th...
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PEACE THROUGH STEADFAST TRUST
Isaiah 26:1-10
No doubt when Babylon fell before Cyrus the Jewish remnant under Ezra
and Nehemiah sang this triumphal ode, which contrasts the respective
lots of Babylon...
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Naturally following this prophecy of praise for the activity of
Jehovah is the great song which will be sung in the day of Jehovah's
ultimate victory. It is praise for the establishment of the city, a...
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The foot shall tread it down, [even] the feet of the (f) poor, [and]
the steps of the needy.
(f) God will set the poor afflicted over the power of the wicked....
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_Needy. The Jews shall behold the ruin of the city by Cyrus, (Calmet)
who was of a contemptible nation. (Haydock)_...
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These are plain, but very gracious expressions. The Lord's people may
be, indeed the Lord's people will be, humbled, and brought under
humbling providences; but Jesus weigheth out to them in measure a...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 25 AND 26.
Chapter s 25 and 26 take the form of a song, in which the effect of
God's intervention is celebrated. Let us observe its principal
subjects. God is...
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THE FOOT SHALL TREAD IT DOWN,.... Trample upon it when brought down,
laid low, and level with the ground, as mire is trodden in the
streets, and straw for the dunghill; as grapes in the winepress, or...
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The foot shall tread it down, [even] the feet of the poor, [and] the
steps of the needy.
Ver. 6. _The foot shall tread it down._] He saith not the hand shall
beat it down, but the foot shall spurn do...
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_For he bringeth down_ Hebrew, _he hath brought down_, or, as it may
be rendered, _he will bring down, them that dwell on high_ He speaks
not so much of height of place, as of dignity and power, in wh...
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THE CHURCH'S SONG OF PRAISE...
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The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps
of the needy, the very ones who formerly were trodden down by the
tyrants of this world....
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5-11 The way of the just is evenness, a steady course of obedience
and holy conversation. And it is their happiness that God makes their
way plain and easy. It is our duty, and will be our comfort, t...
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God will bring it under the feet of his poor, and weak, and despised
people....
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Isaiah 26:6 foot H7272 down H7429 feet H7272 poor H6041 steps H6471
needy H1800
Isaiah 25:10
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THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS (ISAIAH 26:5)
The ways of the righteous and of the unrighteous are now compared, and
their destinies contrasted. For the unrighteous the grave with its
shadowy half-...
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THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE LOFTY CITY AND THE WAY OF THE RIGHTEOUS
(ISAIAH 26:5).
Those in the lofty city have no time for righteousness. Even if shown
favour or set in a land of uprightness they will...
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Isaiah 26:1. _In that day shall this song be sung in the land of
Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and
bulwarks._
God is the great source of song; he «giveth songs in...
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Isaiah 26:1. _In that day shall this song be sung in the land of
Judah;_
God would have his people to be a singing people. They often sigh;
they should oftener sing. God makes their songs, and appoin...
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Isaiah 26:1. _In that day_
Or, rather, as we may read it now, «In this day»
Isaiah 26:1. Shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a
strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and...
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CONTENTS: Worship and testimony of restored and converted Israel in
the Kingdom age.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: God's people Israel, banished and driven out by the
iniquity of the former times wil...
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Isaiah 26:1. When Sennacherib's army was slain, the Hebrews could
sing, We _have a strong city;_ yea, a city stronger than Jerusalem.
God is our refuge, a very present help in time of trouble. We are...
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_In that day shall this song be sung_
PERIODS OF RESTORATION
If it be demanded, what period of time is this which the prophet
speaks of?
we must answer, that it is the time when the people, who for...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 26:1
A SONG OF THE REDEEMED IN MOUNT ZION. The prophet, having (in Isaiah
25:1.) poured forth his own thankfulness to God for the promise of t
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Shall we turn to Isaiah chapter 26 as we begin our study this evening.
Now Isaiah 26:1-21 goes right along with Isaiah 25:1-12 because it
declares,
In that day (Isaiah 26:1)
In what day? In the day...
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1 Corinthians 1:26; Daniel 7:27; Isaiah 25:10; Isaiah 37:25; Is