Isaiah 26:1
In that day, shall be sung this song, in the land of Judah,—A strong city, have we! Salvation, will he set for walls and rampart,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2Open ye the gates,—That there may enter in—a righteous nation preserving fidelity.
Cross References
Exodus 15:2My might and melody, is Yah, And he became mine, by salvation,—This, is my GOD, and I will glorify him, The God of my father and I will set him on high.
Judges 5:1Then sang Deborah, and Barak, son of Abinoam,—on that day, saying:—
Ezra 3:11And, when they made responses in offering praise and in giving thanks unto Yahweh—For he is good, for, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness, upon Israel, then, all the people, shouted with a great shout, in offering praise unto Yahweh, over the laying of the foundation of the house of Yahweh.
Psalms 48:4For lo! Kings—Met as appointed, Passed by together;
Psalms 137:3For, there, our captors asked of us words of song, and our plunderers—gladness,—Sing us of the songs of Zion!
Isaiah 2:20In that day shall the son of earth cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold,—which had been made for him to worship, into the hole of the mice, 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 →