Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 26:13
Other lords — Others besides thee, and besides those governors who have been set up by thee, even foreign and heathen lords. By thee — By thy favour and help. Will we — Celebrate thy praise.
Other lords — Others besides thee, and besides those governors who have been set up by thee, even foreign and heathen lords. By thee — By thy favour and help. Will we — Celebrate thy praise.
OTHER LORDS BESIDE THEE HAVE HAD DOMINION - The allusion here is to the kings of Babylon who had subdued and oppressed them, and who in their long captivity had held them in subjection to their laws....
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...
other _lords besides thee_ That the reference is to foreign despotisms, and not as some have thought to false gods, may be regarded as certain. The rule of the heathen over the people of God was an in...
The long heathen domination is now a thing of the past; the oppressors have gone to the realm of shades, and shall trouble the world no more....
DISCOURSE: 895 HUMILIATION WITH ZEAL Isaiah 26:13. _O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name_. MANY devout songs are compo...
O LORD OUR GOD— The holy confessors, having in the preceding verse expressed their hope that God would perfect all his good works for them, proceed to unfold that hope; after having already obtained t...
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...
O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. (OTHER) LORDS - temporal; pagan kings (; 28:5-6 ), Nebuchadnezzar, etc. Spiritu...
1. SALVATION, etc.] the assurance of divine protection takes the place of material bulwarks....
_Other_ LORDS] the oppressors of Israel. Perhaps the prophet also has in mind the deities in whose name they professed to act. MAKE MENTION, etc.] i.e. celebrate Thy name in praise....
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:...
Over the centuries, God’s people have suffered many foreign masters. The Book of Judges contains many examples....
OTHER LORDS BESIDE THEE HAVE HAD DO MINION OVER US... — The “other lords” are the conquerors and oppressors by whom Israel had been enslaved; possibly also, the false gods with whom those conquerors i...
יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ בְּעָל֥וּנוּ אֲדֹנִ֖ים זֽוּלָתֶ֑ךָ לְ...
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...
O LORD our God, [other] (m) lords beside thee have had dominion over us: [but] by thee only will we make mention of thy name. (m) The Babylonians, who have not governed according to your word....
_Lords of Babylon, (Calmet) and our own passions. (Haydock)_...
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...
13._O Lord our God. _This verse contains a complaint of the saints, that they were oppressed by the tyranny of the wicked. This song was composed in order to refresh the hearts of believers, who were...
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...
O LORD OUR GOD, [OTHER] LORDS BESIDES THEE HAVE HAD DOMINION OVER US,.... Sin and Satan have the dominion over the Lord's people, in a state of unregeneracy; before the good work of grace is wrought i...
O LORD our God, [other] lords beside thee have had dominion over us: [but] by thee only will we make mention of thy name. Ver. 13. _O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us....
_O Lord our God_, &c. The people of God, having already obtained their deliverance in part, with the overthrow and destruction of their enemies, proceed to unfold and express their hope, that God woul...
Concluding Scenes from the World's History...
O Lord, our God, other lords beside Thee have had dominion over us, for various despots of the world attempt time and again to tyrannize the believers; BUT BY THEE ONLY WILL WE MAKE MENTION OF THY NAM...
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...
OTHER LORDS BESIDE THEE; others besides thee, who art our only _Judge, and King, and Lawgiver_, ISAIAH 33:22, and besides those governors who have been set up by thee, and have ruled us for thee, and...
Isaiah 26:13 LORD H3068 God H430 masters H113 besides H2108 dominion H1166 (H8804) mention H2142 (H8686) name...
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...
_Other lords beside Thee have had dominion over us_ THE CAPTIVITY AND THE RETURN About five hundred years before the birth of Christ an event occulted which stands almost alone in the world’s histor...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 26:13 WIPED OUT ALL REMEMBRANCE. Evil is not only defeated, it even fades from memory (see Isaiah 35:10;...
SPIRITUAL USURPERS RENOUNCED Isaiah 26:13. _O Lord our God, other lords beside Thee have had dominion over us_, &c. We have in this language— I. A PENITENTIAL CONFESSION. “Other lords,” &c. Exegetica...
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...
1 Corinthians 4:7; 2 Chronicles 12:8; Amos 6:10; Hebrews 13:15;...