For, behold, the Lord cometh out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also shall disclose her blood, reveal the murders committed, and shall no more cover her slain, everything being laid open before the eyes of the Judge of the world. Thus the chapter shows the deliverance and the resurrection of the believers in the midst of the judgment pronounced and carried out upon the ungodly.
Verse Isaiah 26:21. _THE EARTH ALSO SHALL DISCLOSE HER BLOOD_] Crimes of cruelty and oppression, which have passed away from the eyes of men, God will bring into judgment, and exact punishment for th...
FOR, BEHOLD, THE LORD COMETH OUT OF HIS PLACE - That is, from heaven, which is the dwelling-place or residence of God Psalms 115:3; Ezekiel 3:12; Micah 1:3. When God executes vengeance, he is represen...
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...
ISAIAH 26:20 TO ISAIAH 27:1. LET YAHWEH'S PEOPLE TAKE SHELTER, FOR HE IS ABOUT TO EXECUTE JUDGMENT. Here the apocalypse is resumed. The Jews are warned that Yahweh's indignation is about to break loos...
DISCLOSE HER BLOOD. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 4:10; Genesis 4:11)....
The storm of judgment is about to burst on the world, but it will be of short duration; let the people seclude themselves in the privacy of their chambers and wait for a glorious salvation (cf. Zephan...
_the Lord_ IS COMING FORTH (fut. instans) _out of his place_ i.e. heaven. Cf. Micah 1:3. _the earth also … blood_ Uncovered blood cries for vengeance (Genesis 4:11; Ezekiel 24:7-8); and the earth, by...
DISCOURSE: 896 THE ONLY REFUGE OF SINNERS Isaiah 26:20. _Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignati...
COME, MY PEOPLE— These verses contain the _conclusion_ wherewith the prophet, speaking in the name of God, seals and confirms the hope of the pious—delivered in the preceding verses. He exhorts them t...
3. JUSTICE'S OPERATION TEXT: Isaiah 26:16-21 16 Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. 17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth...
For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. FOR, BEHOLD, TH...
1. SALVATION, etc.] the assurance of divine protection takes the place of material bulwarks....
DISCLOSE HER BLOOD] so that it may cry for vengeance (Genesis 4:10)....
• Other people may not know about secret murders. But God knows (see Genesis 4:10). LORD ~ God’s name in the Bible. In the original language, it means ‘head over all’ and ‘God always’. JERUSALEM ~ at...
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:...
THE EARTH ALSO SHALL DISCLOSE HER BLOOD. — Literally, _her bloods_ (plural of intensity). The prophet has in his thoughts the reckless destruction of life which characterised the great world-powers of...
כִּֽי ־הִנֵּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ יֹצֵ֣א מִ מְּקֹומֹ֔ו ל
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...
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...
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...
For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her (y) blood, and shall no more cover her slain. (y) The earth...
_Shall cover her stain no more. This is said with relation to the martyrs, and their happy resurrection. (Challoner) --- The blood of the saints shall demand vengeance. (Calmet)_...
Oh! what blessedness is contained in these words! and what a blessedness have thousands now in glory, found in them, when upon earth! If I mistake not, here are all the persons of the Godhead inviting...
REFLECTIONS MY soul! canst thou sing this gospel song of salvation, which the Lord said should be sung in Judah? Surely that sweet note is thine. Thou hast a strong city; for Jesus is both the foundat...
21._For, behold, Jehovah cometh out of his place. _It is a very grievous temptation to the godly, when they see that the wicked exercise their rage without being punished, and that God does not restra...
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...
FOR, BEHOLD, THE LORD COMETH OUT OF HIS PLACE,.... God, as omnipresent, is everywhere, and cannot be properly said to quit one place, and go to another; but as heaven is the seat of his majesty, and w...
For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. Ver. 21. _For, beh...
_Come, my people_, &c. These two verses are supposed not to belong to the song which takes up the preceding part of the chapter, but to be an address of the prophet to the people of God on the content...
BLOOD: _ Heb._ bloods...
20,21 When dangers threaten, it is good to retire and lie hid; when we commend ourselves to God to hide us, he will hide us either under heaven or in heaven. Thus we shall be safe and happy in the mi...
COMETH OUT OF HIS PLACE; cometh down from heaven; which God in Scripture is frequently said to do, when he undertaketh any great and glorious work, either of delivering his people, or of destroying th...
Isaiah 26:21 LORD H3068 out H3318 (H8802) place H4725 punish H6485 (H8800) inhabitants H3427 (H8802) earth...
FOR IN CONTRAST TO THE LEADERS OF THE NATIONS GOD'S PEOPLE WILL LIVE AND RISE AGAIN WHILE BEFORE THIS THE WORLD MUST FACE ITS JUDGMENT (ISAIAH 26:16). Isaiah now makes the context of what he is saying...
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-...
We will read a short passage in the Book of the prophet Isaiah, commencing with the twenty-sixth chapter, and the twentieth verse. Isaiah 26:20. _Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and sh...
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...
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...
_For, behold, the Lord cometh out of His place_ ASSOCIATIONS IN JUDGMENT 1. Few circumstances of our life are more mysterious and few more important than the influence of associations. 2. The langu...
_Come, My people, enter thou into thy chambers_ A GRACIOUS INVITATION I. THE FORM OF THE INVITATION, including in it the qualified subject. “Come, My people.” God’s own peculiar people, who have chos...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 26:20 SHUT YOUR DOORS. Contrast “open the gates” in v. Isaiah 26:2. Isaiah alludes to...
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...
2 Thessalonians 1:7; Ezekiel 10:18; Ezekiel 10:19; Ezekiel 10:3;...
Cometh — Cometh down from heaven. To punish — All the enemies of God, and of his people. Her slain — The innocent blood which hath been spilled upon the earth shall be brought to light, and severely r...