Isaiah 26:1
In that day, this canticle will be sung in the land of Judah. Within it will be set the city of our strength: Zion, a savior, a wall with a bulwark.
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In Context
2Open the gates, and let the just people who guard the truth enter.
Cross References
Exodus 15:2The Lord is my strength and my praise, and he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I shall glorify him. He is the God of my father, and I shall exalt him.
Judges 5:1In that day, Deborah and Barak, the son of Abinoam, sang out, saying:
Ezra 3:11And they sung together with hymns and confession to the Lord: “For he is good. For his mercy is over Israel unto eternity.” And likewise, all the people shouted with a great clamor in praise to the Lord, because the temple of the Lord had been founded.
Psalms 48:4My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will speak prudence.
Psalms 137:3On whatever day that I will call upon you: hear me. You will multiply virtue in my soul.
Isaiah 2:20In that day, man shall cast aside his idols of silver and his images of gold, which he had made for himself, as if to reverence the moles and the bats.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 26:1
This chapter is a song of holy joy and praise, in which the great things God had engaged, in the foregoing chapter, to do for his people against his enemies and their enemies are celebrated: it is prepared to be sung when that prophecy should be accomplished; for we must be forward to meet God with our thanksgivings when he is coming towards us with his mercies. Now the people of God are here taught, I. To triumph in the safety and holy security both of the church in general and of every particular member of it,… Read the whole commentary →