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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 26:21

The earth also shall disclose her blood. — Literally, her bloods (plural of intensity). The prophet has in his thoughts the reckless destruction of life which characterised the great world-powers of Assyria and Babylon. As in the case of Abel’s blood that cried from the ground (Genesis 4:16), so here the earth first brings to light the blood of those that have been slain, and then the forms of the murdered ones themselves.

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See also Isaiah 26:21 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 26:21. _THE EARTH ALSO SHALL DISCLOSE HER BLOOD_] Crimes of cruelty and oppression, which have passed away from the eyes of men, God will bring into judgment, and exact punishment for th...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR, BEHOLD, THE LORD COMETH OUT OF HIS PLACE - That is, from heaven, which is the dwelling-place or residence of God Psalms 115:3; Ezekiel 3:12; Micah 1:3. When God executes vengeance, he is represen...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 26:20 TO ISAIAH 27:1. LET YAHWEH'S PEOPLE TAKE SHELTER, FOR HE IS ABOUT TO EXECUTE JUDGMENT. Here the apocalypse is resumed. The Jews are warned that Yahweh's indignation is about to break loos...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DISCLOSE HER BLOOD. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 4:10; Genesis 4:11)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The storm of judgment is about to burst on the world, but it will be of short duration; let the people seclude themselves in the privacy of their chambers and wait for a glorious salvation (cf. Zephan...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the Lord_ IS COMING FORTH (fut. instans) _out of his place_ i.e. heaven. Cf. Micah 1:3. _the earth also … blood_ Uncovered blood cries for vengeance (Genesis 4:11; Ezekiel 24:7-8); and the earth, by...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 896 THE ONLY REFUGE OF SINNERS Isaiah 26:20. _Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignati...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    COME, MY PEOPLE— These verses contain the _conclusion_ wherewith the prophet, speaking in the name of God, seals and confirms the hope of the pious—delivered in the preceding verses. He exhorts them t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּֽי ־הִנֵּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ יֹצֵ֣א מִ מְּקֹומֹ֔ו ל

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her (y) blood, and shall no more cover her slain. (y) The earth...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Oh! what blessedness is contained in these words! and what a blessedness have thousands now in glory, found in them, when upon earth! If I mistake not, here are all the persons of the Godhead inviting...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    21._For, behold, Jehovah cometh out of his place. _It is a very grievous temptation to the godly, when they see that the wicked exercise their rage without being punished, and that God does not restra...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Come, my people_, &c. These two verses are supposed not to belong to the song which takes up the preceding part of the chapter, but to be an address of the prophet to the people of God on the content...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Concluding Scenes from the World's History...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For, behold, the Lord cometh out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also shall disclose her blood, reveal the murders committed, AND SHALL NO MORE COVER...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    BLOOD: _ Heb._ bloods...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    20,21 When dangers threaten, it is good to retire and lie hid; when we commend ourselves to God to hide us, he will hide us either under heaven or in heaven. Thus we shall be safe and happy in the mi...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    COMETH OUT OF HIS PLACE; cometh down from heaven; which God in Scripture is frequently said to do, when he undertaketh any great and glorious work, either of delivering his people, or of destroying th...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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-...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    We will read a short passage in the Book of the prophet Isaiah, commencing with the twenty-sixth chapter, and the twentieth verse. Isaiah 26:20. _Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and sh...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 26:20 SHUT YOUR DOORS. Contrast “open the gates” in v. Isaiah 26:2. Isaiah alludes to...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Thessalonians 1:7; Ezekiel 10:18; Ezekiel 10:19; Ezekiel 10:3;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Cometh — Cometh down from heaven. To punish — All the enemies of God, and of his people. Her slain — The innocent blood which hath been spilled upon the earth shall be brought to light, and severely r...

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