Isaiah 26:1
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.
Majority Standard Bible
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In Context
2Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter—one that remains faithful.
Cross References
Exodus 15:2The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
Judges 5:1On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
Ezra 3:11And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
Psalms 48:4For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.
Psalms 137:3for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
Isaiah 2:20In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship.
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 →