Isaiah 26:1
In that day sung is this song in the land of Judah: 'We have a strong city, Salvation He doth make walls and bulwark.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2Open ye the gates, that enter may a righteous nation, Preserving stedfastness.
Cross References
Exodus 15:2My strength and song is JAH, And He is become my salvation: This [is] my God, and I glorify Him; God of my father, and I exalt Him.
Judges 5:1And Deborah singeth — also Barak son of Abinoam — on that day, saying: —
Ezra 3:11And they respond in praising and in giving thanks to Jehovah, for good, for to the age His kindness [is] over Israel, and all the people have shouted — a great shout — in giving praise to Jehovah, because the house of Jehovah hath been founded.
Psalms 48:4For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together,
Psalms 137:3For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers — joy: 'Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'
Isaiah 2:20In that day doth man cast his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to 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 →