Isaiah 26:2
Open ye the She'arim, 1 that the Goy Tzaddik (right-with-G-d people) 1 which is shomer emunim (keeping faith) may enter in. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:6Be shomer therefore and do them; for this is your chochmah and your binah in the sight of the peoples, which shall hear all these chukkim, and say, Surely HaGoy HaGadol is a wise and understanding people.
Psalms 118:19Open to me the sha'arei tzedek; 1 I will go through them, and I will praise Hashem; 1
Isaiah 54:14In tzedakah (righteousness) shalt thou be established; 1 thou shalt be far from oshek (oppression, tyranny); f 1 or thou shalt not fear; 1 and thou shalt be far from mechitah (terror); 1 for it shall not come near thee. 1
Isaiah 60:11Therefore thy She'arim shall be open continually; 1 they shall not be shut yomam valailah; 1 that men may bring unto thee the chayil Goyim (wealth of the Nations), 1 and that their melachim may be led in procession. 1
Isaiah 62:2And the Goyim shall see thy tzedek, 1 and kol melachim thy kavod; 1 and thou shalt be called by a shem chadash, 1 which the mouth of Hashem shall designate. 1
Ezekiel 48:31And the she'arim of the Ir shall be after the shmot of the Shivtei Yisroel; three she'arim northward: one sha'ar of Reuven, one sha'ar of Yehudah, one sha'ar of Levi.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 26:2-5
The Blessings of the Gospel. ( b. c. 718.) 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. 2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: To the prophecies of gospel grace very fitly is a song annexed, in which we… Read the whole commentary →