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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 26:4

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

THE LORD. Hebrew Jah. App-4. In Isaiah, only here and Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 38:11; Isaiah 38:11.

JEHOVAH. One of the four passages where the Authorized Version transliterates the word instead of translating it. See note on Isaiah 12:2, and App-48.

everlasting strength. a rock of ages. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:4; Deuteronomy 32:18; Deuteronomy 32:30, same word as here). See App-92. Found only in Deuteronomy and as applied to God (see App-79); and here, and Isaiah 30:29, in the "former" portion; and Isaiah 44:8 in the "latter" portion. Compare Habakkuk 1:12.

1 Samuel 2:2; 2 Samuel 23:3, and Psalms.

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