Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Isaiah 26:15
The nation] i.e. Israel. Thou hadst, etc.] RV 'thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.'
The nation] i.e. Israel. Thou hadst, etc.] RV 'thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.'
THOU HAST INCREASED THE NATION - That is, the Jewish nation (see the note at Isaiah 9:3). The nation was not only enlarged by its regular increase of population, but many converts attended them on the...
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...
THE NATION: i.e. Israel. The future nation of Matthew 21:43....
_Thou hast increased the nation_ Probably an allusion to ch. Isaiah 9:3. There is no justification for taking the perfects here as prophetic perfects, or for understanding them in a precative sense. A...
THOU HAST INCREASED THE NATION— Vitringa renders the last clause of this verse, _Thou hast far enlarged all the boundaries of the land._ The meaning is, that God had treated his people so kindly, as 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...
Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth. THOU HAST - prophetic preterite (). THOU HAST...
26:15 earth. (h-26) Or 'Thou hast extended all the boundaries of the land.'...
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 HAST INCREASED THE NATION... — The nation is, if we follow this rendering, Israel, whose prosperity the prophet contrasts with the downfall of its oppressors (comp. Isaiah 9:3). The LXX., however...
יָסַ֤פְתָּ לַ † גֹּוי֙ יְהוָ֔ה יָסַ֥פְתָּ לַ...
CHAPTER XXX THE RESURRECTION Isaiah 26:14; Isaiah 25:6 GRANTED the pardon, the justice, the Temple and the God, which the returning exiles now enjoyed, the possession of these only makes more painfu...
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...
Thou hast increased (o) the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed [it] far [to] all the ends of the earth. (o) That is, the company of the faithful by...
_Nation of the Jews. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "add evils to them, O Lord; add evils to the nobles of the land." (Haydock) --- Hebrew may have the same sense. --- Ends: princes, or the Chaldeans, sendi...
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...
15._Thou hast added to the nation. _This verse is explained in various ways. Some think that the Prophet here declares that the godly are not merely oppressed by one kind of affliction, but are plunge...
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...
THOU HAST INCREASED THE NATION, O LORD, THOU HAST INCREASED THE NATION,.... The righteous nation, Isaiah 26:2 the church of God, by the numerous conversions of Jews and Gentiles; when the nation of th...
Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed [it] far [unto] all the ends of the earth. Ver. 15. _Thou hast increased the nation,._]...
_Thou hast increased the nation_ Namely, the Jewish nation, which multiplied exceedingly in Egypt, and afterward in Canaan, so that they filled the land. But the prophet perhaps foretels their increas...
Concluding Scenes from the World's History...
Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, Thou hast increased the nation, for the Lord causes the number of His children to grow; THOU ART GLORIFIED, by this act of mercy; THOU HADST REMOVED IT FAR UNTO...
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 HAST INCREASED THE NATION, Heb. _Thou hast added to the nation_; which may be understood either, 1. In way of mercy, of adding to their numbers, as our translation takes it; and so we have in eff...
Isaiah 26:15 increased H3254 (H8804) nation H1471 LORD H3068 increased H3254 (H8804) nation H1471 glorified H3513 ...
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...
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...
_Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord_ THE INCREASE OF THE TRUE ISRAEL On the first preaching of the Gospel, the Lord greatly increased the nation of them that are Israelites indeed. In following...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 26:13 WIPED OUT ALL REMEMBRANCE. Evil is not only defeated, it even fades from memory (see Isaiah 35:10;...
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 Kings 8:46; 2 Kings 17:23; 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 23:27; De
The nation — This nation seems to be the people of Israel. Removed — Thou hast removed thy people out of their own land, and suffered them to be carried captive to the ends of the earth....