Isaiah 26 - Introduction

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 their enemies, are celebrated. It is prepared to be sung when that prophecy shall be accomplished. In this song the people of God are taught to triumph in the safety, both of the church in general, and of every particular member of it, under the divine protection, and in an assurance of the destruction of all opposing powers, Isaiah 26:1. To walk with God, and wait for him in the worst and darkest times, Isaiah 26:7. To lament the stupidity of those who neither regard the mercies nor the judgments of God, Isaiah 26:10; Isaiah 26:11. To encourage themselves and one another with hopes, that God would still continue to deliver and do them good, Isaiah 26:12. To recollect God's providences toward them in their low and distressed condition, and their deportment under them, Isaiah 26:15. In confident expectation of relief and deliverance in the needful time, and of a glorious resurrection to hide themselves under the divine protection, while the wicked are punished and cut off for their iniquities, Isaiah 26:19.