Isaiah 26:1
On that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: A strong city have we; his aid will he grant [us] as walls and defence.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
2Open ye the gates, that there may enter in the righteous nation which guardeth the truth.
Cross References
Exodus 15:2My strength and song is the Lord, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will declare his praise, the God of my father, and I will exalt him.
Judges 5:1Then sang Deborah with Barak the son of Abino'am on that day, saying,
Ezra 3:11And they sang responsively in praise and thanksgiving unto the Lord; because he is good, for unto everlasting endureth his kindness toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, while praising the Lord; because the foundation of the house of the Lord had been laid.
Psalms 48:4(48:5) For, lo, the kings were assembled, they are passed away together.
Psalms 137:3For there our captors demanded of us the words of song; and those that mocked us, joy, [saying,] Sing for us one of the songs of Zion.
Isaiah 2:20On that day shall a man cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which have been made for him to worship, to the moles and to 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 →