ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 26:1 A STRONG CITY. Contrast “the wasted city” in Isaiah 24:10. SALVATION AS WALLS. See Zechariah 2:5. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 26:2 OPEN THE GATES. Contrast “every house is shut up” in Isaiah 24:10. Zion welcomes those coming to worship and fears no threats. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 26:3 PERFECT PEACE. The peace described here is first the corporate peace of the city (v. Isaiah 26:1) and the nation (v. Isaiah 26:2) that comes from the “hand of the LORD” (Isaiah 25:10). It is also the individual peace of the person whose MIND IS STAYED ON God. The source of... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 26:4 TRUST IN THE LORD. This is the practical challenge that the book of Isaiah 1:1 lays down for God’s people (see Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 31:1; Isaiah 32:17; Isaiah 50:10). ⇐... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 26:8 YOU... YOU... YOU. God himself is the one his people wholeheartedly desire. THE INHABITANTS OF THE WORLD. Desire for God inspires a longing that all would recognize him. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 26:10 This cry for vindication is the focus of ch. Isaiah 26:1. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 26:12 The future is bright, because salvation belongs to God alone. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 26:13 WIPED OUT ALL REMEMBRANCE. Evil is not only defeated, it even fades from memory (see Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 65:17). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 26:16 The nation’s historic pattern of failure (THEY, v. Isaiah 26:16) is continued by the present generation (WE, vv. Isaiah 26:17). Although Israel was called to spread God’s message of deliverance to the world (Genesis 12:1; Exodus 19:5), they failed, and the world went on a... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 26:19 In contrast with the finality of death in v. Isaiah 26:14, v. Isaiah 26:19 rejoices in a bodily resurrection of all God’s people. The long-standing failure described in vv. Isaiah 26:16 will be dramatically reversed by God’s power alone. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 26:20 SHUT YOUR DOORS. Contrast “open the gates” in v. Isaiah 26:2. Isaiah alludes to Genesis 7:16 and perhaps Exodus 12:21. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var [ Continue Reading ]