Isaiah 26:1
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: 1 We have a strong city; God has made salvation its walls and ramparts. 1
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2Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in. 1
Cross References
Exodus 15:2Yahweh is my strength and song, 1 and he has become my salvation. 1 This is my God, and I will praise him, 1 my father's God, and I will exalt him. 1
Judges 5:1On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song: 1
Ezra 3:11They sang with praise and thankfulness to Yahweh, “He is good! His covenant faithfulness to Israel endures forever.” All the people cried out with a great shout of joy in praise of Yahweh because the temple's foundations had been laid.
Psalms 48:4For, see, the kings assembled themselves; 1 they passed by together. 1
Psalms 137:3There our captors required songs from us, 1 and those who mocked us required us to be happy, saying, 1 “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.” 1
Isaiah 2:20On that day people will throw away their idols of silver and of gold 1 that they have made for themselves to worship—they will throw them away to the moles and bats. 1
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 →