Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Isaiah 26:1-21
1. Salvation, etc.] the assurance of divine protection takes the place of material bulwarks.
1. Salvation, etc.] the assurance of divine protection takes the place of material bulwarks.
CHAPTER XXVI _This chapter, like the foregoing, is a song of praise, in_ _which thanksgivings for temporal and spiritual mercies are_ _beautifully mingled, though the latter still predominate. Even...
IN THAT DAY SHALL THIS SONG BE SUNG - By the people of God, on their restoration to their own land. WE HAVE A STRONG CITY - Jerusalem. This does not mean that it was then strongly fortified, but that...
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...
IN THAT DAY: i.e. in the yet future day, when these judgments shall have been accomplished. JUDAH. In Isaiah 2. we have the Song of Judah (Isaiah 26:1); in Isaiah 27, the Song of Israel. Compare verse...
_salvation will_God _appoint … bulwarks_ Two interpretations are possible: (_a_) "Salvation will He appoint in place of walls and moat" (see below), implying that Jerusalem has no material defences, b...
These verses might almost have been written for a dedication of the fortifications of Jerusalem. Cf. Psalms 48:12 f....
IN THAT DAY— That is, at the time of the deliverance which the church had gained by the divine aid, which time is that of Simon the Ethnarch and John Hyrcanus, if we take the prophesy literally; if my...
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...
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. As the overthrow of the apostate faction is described in the clos...
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:...
‘At that time’ refers to the last section of chapter 25 about the *Lord’s action against Moab (25:10-12). Isaiah compares the fate of Moab with the *Lord’s personal protection of *Jerusalem (‘our city...
XXVI. (1) IN THAT DAY SHALL THIS SONG BE SUNG... — The prophet appears once more, as in Isaiah 5:1; Isaiah 12:4, in the character of a psalmist, and what he writes is destined for nothing less than t...
בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֔וּא יוּשַׁ֥ר הַ...
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...
In that day shall (a) this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; (b) salvation will [God] appoint [for] walls and bulwarks. (a) This song was made to comfort the faithful when the...
_Day. Under the law of grace, Christians sing this and such like canticles. (Worthington) --- Sion. This word is not in Hebrew, &c., though it be understood. (Calmet) --- Other nations have their resp...
CONTENTS This is another joyful song, and a gospel song, full of the praises of Jehovah for redemption, interspersed with reflections on the wonderful deadness of the souls of God's people, in the vi...
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...
1._In that day shall a song be sung. _Here the Prophet begins again to shew that, after the return of the people from captivity, they will be defended by God’s power and guardianship, and that under h...
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...
IN THAT DAY SHALL THIS SONG BE SUNG IN THE LAND OF JUDAH,.... When great things shall be done: for the church and people of God; and when antichrist and all their enemies are destroyed, as mentioned i...
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. Ver. 1. _In that day._] Before the morrow, and while the mercy...
_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...
In that day, at the time of the final deliverance of the ransomed of God, SHALL THIS SONG BE SUNG IN THE LAND OF JUDAH, by the believers who have been preserved by the power of the Lord: WE HAVE A STR...
THE CHURCH'S SONG OF PRAISE...
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...
ISAIAH CHAPTER 26 A song of praise and confidence in God, for the blessings of righteousness, judgments on their enemies, and favour to his people: their chastisement, repentance, and hope. IN THAT DA...
Isaiah 26:1 day H3117 song H7892 sung H7891 (H8714) land H776 Judah H3063 strong H5797 city H5892 appoint...
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...
_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...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 26:1 A STRONG CITY. Contrast “the wasted city” in Isaiah 24:10. SALVATION AS WALLS. See...
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...
2 Samuel 22:1; Ephesians 5:19; Ephesians 5:20; Exodus 15:2; Ezra 3:11
In that day — When God shall do such glorious works, as are described in the foregoing chapter. Sung — In the church of God. A city — Jerusalem, or the church, which is often compared to a city. For w...