Isaiah 26:15
You have increased the nation, O Lord. You have increased the nation! You are glorified! You have enlarged all the borders of the land.
New Heart English Bible
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In Context
16Lord, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
Cross References
Genesis 13:16I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.
Deuteronomy 4:27The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you shall be left few in number among the nations, where the Lord shall lead you away.
Deuteronomy 28:25The Lord will cause you to be struck before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them, and shall flee seven ways before them: and you shall be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
Deuteronomy 32:26I said, I would scatter them afar.I would make their memory to cease from among men;
2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
2 Kings 23:27The Lord said, "I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, 'My name shall be there.'"
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 26:13-20
Goodness of God to Israel; Israel Corrected for Sin; Prospects of the Church. ( b. c. 718.) 12 Lord , thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. 13 O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. 14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish. 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord , thou hast… Read the whole commentary →