Verse Isaiah 26:2. _THE RIGHTEOUS NATION_] The converted Gentiles shall have the _gates opened_ - a full entrance into all the glories and privileges of the Gospel; being fellow heirs with the convert...
OPEN YE THE GATES - This is probably the language of a chorus responding to the sentiment in Isaiah 26:1. The captive people are returning; and this cry is made that the gates of the city may be throw...
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...
KEEPETH THE TRUTH. maintaineth fidelity. No Article. Compare Deuteronomy 32:20. Occurs only here, in Isaiah....
These verses might almost have been written for a dedication of the fortifications of Jerusalem. Cf. Psalms 48:12 f....
Comp. Psalms 118:19-20; Revelation 22:14. "Truth" here means "troth," fidelity (Deuteronomy 32:20)....
OPEN YE THE GATES— We have here another chorus, congratulating those who have been found faithful in affliction, and proclaiming that they should have communion not only with the earthly Jerusalem, an...
C. JUSTICE AT LAST FOR JUDAH, CHAPTER 26 1. JUSTICE'S ORIGIN TEXT: Isaiah 26:1-6 1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for wel...
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. OPEN YE THE GATES - address of the returning people to the gates of Jerusalem (type of the heavenly city, ; ; ;...
26:2 in. (c-14) See Psalms 118:19 ,Psalms 118:20 ....
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:...
Closed gates show that the citizens are afraid of attacks. Open gates show the opposite. The inhabitants of *Jerusalem are confident that they will be safe. This is not because of strong walls. It is...
OPEN YE THE GATES... — The cry comes as from the heralds of the king of the heavenly city, proclaiming that the gates are open to those who are worthy to enter into it, _i.e.,_ to the righteous people...
פִּתְח֖וּ שְׁעָרִ֑ים וְ יָבֹ֥א גֹוי ־צַדִּ֖יק...
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...
PEACE THROUGH STEADFAST TRUST Isaiah 26:1-10 No doubt when Babylon fell before Cyrus the Jewish remnant under Ezra and Nehemiah sang this triumphal ode, which contrasts the respective lots of Babylon...
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...
(c) Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. (c) He assures the godly to return after the captivity to Jerusalem....
_Truth. The Jews who returned from Babylon, were more virtuous than their ancestors, as the prophets intimate; though they have Christians principally in view._...
Reader! do not fail to observe how the prophet continually harps upon that day, that glorious clay, the gospel day, when the Lord will bring again Zion. And though some have thought that the deliveran...
_CITY AND CITIZENS_ ‘A strong city.… The righteous nation.’ Isaiah 26:1 This chapter is ushered in with a song. And it is well worthy of it. What are we called to study? I. THE CITY OF GOD (Isaiah...
2._Open ye the gates. _This “song” was undoubtedly despised by many, when it was published by Isaiah; for during his life, the inhabitants of Jerusalem were wicked and ungodly, and the number of good...
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...
OPEN YE THE GATES,.... Not of Jerusalem, literally understood, nor of heaven; rather of the New Jerusalem, whose gates are described, Revelation 21:12 at least of the church in the latter day; the gat...
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. Ver. 2. _Open ye the gates._] Room for the righteous, for such only are freemen of this city; Rev 22:14 such only ar...
_In that day_ When God shall do such glorious works for the comfort of his people, as are described in the foregoing chapter; _shall this song be sung in the land of Judah_ In the church of God, often...
THE CHURCH'S SONG OF PRAISE...
Open ye the gates, so the cry sounds down from the heavenly host, THAT THE RIGHTEOUS NATION WHICH KEEPETH THE TRUTH, which was faithful to the Lord and His Word to the end, MAY ENTER IN. All those who...
TRUTH: _ Heb._ truths...
1-4 "That day," seems to mean when the New Testament Babylon shall be levelled with the ground. The unchangeable promise and covenant of the Lord are the walls of the church of God. The gates of this...
OPEN YE THE GATES of the city, mentioned ISAIAH 26:1. THE RIGHTEOUS NATION; either, 1. Those godly Jews who are returning from Babylon; or, 2. The whole body of righteous and holy men, whether Jews o...
Isaiah 26:2 Open H6605 (H8798) gates H8179 righteous H6662 nation H1471 keeps H8104 (H8802) truth H529 enter...
THE SONG OF DELIVERANCE AND THE STRONG CITY (ISAIAH 26:1). The first four verses of chapter 26 with their description of the strong city of God with its walls and bulwarks of salvation, which is for t...
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...
_Open ye the gates_ A BUNCH OF KEYS (to children):-- 1. The gate of healing. What would you say is the key of that gate? Is it not our need? What, _e.g., _would give you admission into any hospital...
_In that day shall this song be sung_ PERIODS OF RESTORATION If it be demanded, what period of time is this which the prophet speaks of? we must answer, that it is the time when the people, who for...
DAYS OF DELIVERANCE Isaiah 26:1. _In that day shall this song be sung, &c._ There are days in the history of God’s people when they specially need His interposing power. This is their prayer (Psalms...
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 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 3:13; Acts 2:47; Deuteronomy 4:6; Exodus 19:6;...
The gates — Of the city, mentioned Isaiah 26:1. The nation — The whole body of righteous men, whether Jews or Gentiles. For he seems to speak here, as he apparently did in the foregoing chapter, of th...