George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 26:12
Works, both in punishing and rewarding. (Calmet) --- God crowns his own gifts. (Estius)
Works, both in punishing and rewarding. (Calmet) --- God crowns his own gifts. (Estius)
THOU WILT ORDAIN PEACE - The word ‘peace’ here seems to stand opposed to the evils of various kinds which they had experienced in the captivity at Babylon; and to refer net only to peace, but also to...
CHAPTER 26 JUDAH'S GLORY SONG 1. _Praise for Jehovah's faithfulness and mercies (Isaiah 26:1)_ 2. _The experiences of waiting during the night (Isaiah 26:7)_ 3. The assurance of peace and deliverance...
MEMORIES AND ANTICIPATIONS. The poem, which is a very elaborate composition, seems to have been written in confident expectation of deliverance, though the actual situation is still one of distress. J...
ORDAIN. arrange. IN US. for us. Compare Philippians 1:2; Philippians 1:13. App-4. LORDS. owners. Referring to the Canaanite oppressors of Israel and their false gods. HAD DOMINION. domineered, or l...
_thou wilt ordain_ or "mayest thou ordain." _peace for us_ cf. Isaiah 26:3. _for thou also hast wrought_ Better: FOR EVEN OUR WHOLE WORK THOU HAST WROUGHT FOR US; all that we have achieved inadequate...
2. JUSTICE'S OBJECTIVE TEXT: Isaiah 26:7-15 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just. 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we wa...
LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. PEACE FOR US - "peace:" God's favour; including all blessings, temporal and spiritual, opposed to their previou...
IN US] RV 'for us.'...
1. SALVATION, etc.] the assurance of divine protection takes the place of material bulwarks....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 26 A SONG TO PRAISE GOD V1 At that time all the people in Judah will sing this song:...
THOU ALSO HAST WROUGHT ALL OUR WORK IN US... — Better, _for us._ The “work” is the great work of salvation and deliverance....
יְהוָ֕ה תִּשְׁפֹּ֥ת שָׁלֹ֖ום לָ֑נוּ כִּ֛י גַּ֥ם...
CHAPTER XXIX GOD'S POOR DATE UNCERTAIN Isaiah 25:1; Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 27:1 WE have seen that no more than the faintest gleam of historical reflection brightens the obscurity of chapter 24, and th...
BOOK 5 PROPHECIES NOT RELATING TO ISAIAH'S TIME In the first thirty-nine Chapter s of the Book of Isaiah-the half which refers to the prophet's own career and the politics contemporary with that - w...
CHASTENED BY SUFFERING Isaiah 26:11-21 When God ordains our peace, a world in arms cannot disturb us. Our peace results from the conviction that God is going before us and preparing our works. But b...
Naturally following this prophecy of praise for the activity of Jehovah is the great song which will be sung in the day of Jehovah's ultimate victory. It is praise for the establishment of the city, a...
How strikingly is the conduct of wicked and unregenerate men here marked! If the Lord's hand be lifted up in judgments; though they see the judgments; yet as the Lord's judgments they see them not. An...
12._O Jehovah, thou wilt ordain peace for us. _This statement tends to the consolation of the godly, as if he had said, “We shall see what will be the end of the wicked; for thou wilt prevent them fro...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 25 AND 26. Chapter s 25 and 26 take the form of a song, in which the effect of God's intervention is celebrated. Let us observe its principal subjects. God is...
LORD, THOU WILT ORDAIN PEACE FOR US,.... Dispose, order, give it to us, outward and inward, spiritual and eternal: chiefly respect is had to that peace and prosperity the church will have in the latte...
LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. Ver. 12. _Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us._] Or, Lord, dispose peace for us. _ For thou also hast wrought all...
_Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us_ That is, for thy true and genuine church and people. Though thou hast afflicted us, (Isaiah 26:8.) yet the time will come when we shall be in a very different, ye...
Concluding Scenes from the World's History...
Lord, Thou wilt ordain peace for us, firmly establishing the condition of peace in the midst of His congregation; FOR THOU ALSO HAST WROUGHT ALL OUR WORKS IN US, the believers' life of sanctification...
IN US: Or, for us...
12-19 Every creature, every business, any way serviceable to our comfort, God makes to be so; he makes that work for us which seemed to make against us. They had been slaves of sin and Satan; but by...
THOU WILT ORDAIN PEACE FOR US; as thou wilt destroy thine and our enemies, so thou wilt bless us thy people with peace and prosperity. ALL OUR WORKS; either, 1. All the good works done by us, which a...
Isaiah 26:12 LORD H3068 establish H8239 (H8799) peace H7965 done H6466 (H8804) works H4639 ordain -...
WHAT YAHWEH HAS DONE FOR HIS PEOPLE AND THE END OF THEIR ENEMIES (ISAIAH 26:11). As in Isaiah 25:1; Isaiah 26:8 is a prayer as Isaiah has turned his face upwards towards God. And he now delights in Ya...
THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS (ISAIAH 26:5) The ways of the righteous and of the unrighteous are now compared, and their destinies contrasted. For the unrighteous the grave with its shadowy half-...
Isaiah 26:1. _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._ God is the great source of song; he «giveth songs in...
Isaiah 26:1. _In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah;_ God would have his people to be a singing people. They often sigh; they should oftener sing. God makes their songs, and appoin...
Isaiah 26:1. _In that day_ Or, rather, as we may read it now, «In this day» Isaiah 26:1. Shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and...
CONTENTS: Worship and testimony of restored and converted Israel in the Kingdom age. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: God's people Israel, banished and driven out by the iniquity of the former times wil...
Isaiah 26:1. When Sennacherib's army was slain, the Hebrews could sing, We _have a strong city;_ yea, a city stronger than Jerusalem. God is our refuge, a very present help in time of trouble. We are...
_Lord, Thou wilt ordain peace for us_ GOD ORDAINING PEACE The expression seems to allude to the action of a commander-in-chief in the army, who marshals his soldiers according to the plan he had for...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 26:12 The future is bright, because salvation belongs to God alone. ⇐ ⇔...
NATIONAL PEACE THE GIFT OF GOD (_A Thanksgiving Sermon_.) Isaiah 26:12. _Lord, Thou wilt ordain peace for us: for Thou hast wrought all our work in us_. The joyfulness of the occasion. Peace a great...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 26:1 A SONG OF THE REDEEMED IN MOUNT ZION. The prophet, having (in Isaiah 25:1.) poured forth his own thankfulness to God for the promise of t
Shall we turn to Isaiah chapter 26 as we begin our study this evening. Now Isaiah 26:1-21 goes right along with Isaiah 25:1-12 because it declares, In that day (Isaiah 26:1) In what day? In the day...
Deuteronomy 30:6; Ephesians 2:10; Ezekiel 20:14; Ezekiel 20:22;...
Our works — All the good works done by us, are the effects of thy grace....