Isaiah 26:1-21
1. SALVATION, etc.] the assurance of divine protection takes the place of material bulwarks.... [ Continue Reading ]
1. SALVATION, etc.] the assurance of divine protection takes the place of material bulwarks.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERLASTING STRENGTH] RM 'a rock of ages.' Rock is applied as a title to God (Isaiah 30:29; Deuteronomy 32:4).... [ Continue Reading ]
LOFTY CITY] the power hostile to God's people (Isaiah 24:10).... [ Continue Reading ]
UPRIGHTNESS] 'straightness,' implying freedom from impediment. WEIGH] RV 'direct.'... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE WAY OF THY JUDGMENTS] i.e. in the way which God, by His judgments or decrees, set out for His people to walk in. The context (Isaiah 26:7) shows this to be the meaning. THY NAME] i.e. the manifestation of thyself. THE REMEMBRANCE OF THEE] RV 'thy memorial,' a synonym for 'name': Exodus 3:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
NIGHT] the season of meditation (Psalms 4:4).... [ Continue Reading ]
Carries on the thought of Isaiah 26:9. God's judgments are necessary, because His favour is ineffectual.... [ Continue Reading ]
_But_ THEY SHALL SEE, etc.] RV 'but they' (the adversaries) 'shall see _thy_ zeal for the people' (Israel: cp. Isaiah 63:15.) 'and be ashamed; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.'... [ Continue Reading ]
IN US] RV 'for us.'... [ Continue Reading ]
_Other_ LORDS] the oppressors of Israel. Perhaps the prophet also has in mind the deities in whose name they professed to act. MAKE MENTION, etc.] i.e. celebrate Thy name in praise.... [ Continue Reading ]
_They are_ DEAD] i.e. the oppressors.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NATION] i.e. Israel. THOU HADST, etc.] RV 'thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.'... [ Continue Reading ]
The fruitlessness of human effort. FALLEN] i.e. been born.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY DEAD.. ARISE] RV 'Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise.' The pronouns 'thy' and 'my' both refer to Israel. The passage seems to imply that for God's people, as opposed to the heathen (Isaiah 26:14), the prophet expected a literal resurrection. Some think, however, that a national rest... [ Continue Reading ]
Israel may retire and be secure, while the divine judgments pass by.... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCLOSE HER BLOOD] so that it may cry for vengeance (Genesis 4:10).... [ Continue Reading ]