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Verse Isaiah 26:9. _HAVE I DESIRED THEE_] _Forty-one_ MSS. of Dr.
_Kennicott's_ and many of _De Rossi's_, (nine ancient,) and _five_
editions read אויתיך _ivvithicha_. It is proper to note this;
becau...
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WITH MY SOUL ... IN THE NIGHT - By desiring God in the night, and by
seeking him early, is meant that the desire to seek him was unremitted
and constant. The prophet speaks of the pious Jews who were...
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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...
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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...
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SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach_. App-9.
EARLY. with the dawn.
WHEN, &C. Hence the multitudes which come out of the great tribulation
in Revelation 7:14....
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The first half of the verse completes the thought of Isaiah 26:8; the
second is linked to Isaiah 26:10. The speaker is the individualised
community.
_will I seek thee early_ Rather, I SEEK THEE EARNE...
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YEA, IN THE WAY OF THY JUDGMENTS— How excellently does this passage
correspond to the preceding, according to the interpretation we have
given! The holy confessors, persuaded of the equity and justice...
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2. JUSTICE'S OBJECTIVE
TEXT: Isaiah 26:7-15
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The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct
the path of the just.
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Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we wa...
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With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit
within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the
earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness....
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1. SALVATION, etc.] the assurance of divine protection takes the place
of material bulwarks....
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NIGHT] the season of meditation (Psalms 4:4)....
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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:...
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In the night, it is quiet. There is nothing to interrupt my inner
thoughts about God....
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נַפְשִׁ֤י אִוִּיתִ֨יךָ֙ בַּ †
לַּ֔יְלָה אַף ־רוּחִ֥י...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit
within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the
earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn (h) righteousnes...
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_Night of distress._...
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Here is a sweet view of a gracious soul in particular, and of the
Church, in general, in the silent, humble, waitings on the Lord, as
well in providence as grace. I hope the Reader is brought acquaint...
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9._My soul hath desired thee. _This is a stronger expression of the
former statement; for, having previously spoken in the person of
believers, he had said that the desire of their soul was towards Go...
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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...
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WITH MY SOUL HAVE I DESIRED THEE IN THE NIGHT,.... Either literally,
when others were asleep: or figuratively, in the captivity; which, as
Jarchi says, was like unto the night; or in the time of Jewis...
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With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit
within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the
earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness....
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_Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord_ That is, as some understand
it, of thine _ordinances_ and _commandments_, in which we carefully
and conscientiously walk; or, in the way of thy _chastisement...
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With my soul have I desired Thee in the night, in the time of
affliction, which deprived him of rest; YEA, WITH MY SPIRIT WITHIN ME
WILL I SEEK THEE EARLY, confident that the morning would bring a hap...
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THE CHURCH'S SONG OF PRAISE...
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5-11 The way of the just is evenness, a steady course of obedience
and holy conversation. And it is their happiness that God makes their
way plain and easy. It is our duty, and will be our comfort, t...
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WITH MY SOUL; sincerely and most affectionately, as PSALMS 63:1, and
elsewhere. HAVE I: the prophet speaks this in the name of all God's
people, by comparing this with the foregoing verse. In the nigh...
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Isaiah 26:9 soul H5315 desired H183 (H8765) night H3915 spirit H7307
within H7130 early H7836 (H8762) judgments...
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THE WAY OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND JUDGMENTS ON THE UNRIGHTEOUS (ISAIAH
26:7).
Isaiah 26:7
‘The way of the righteous is uprightness (altogether right),
You (singular) who are upright weigh up the path of...
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THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE LOFTY CITY AND THE WAY OF THE RIGHTEOUS
(ISAIAH 26:5).
Those in the lofty city have no time for righteousness. Even if shown
favour or set in a land of uprightness they will...
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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-...
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Isaiah 26:9
I. The Bible is pervaded by the teaching of events. Isaiah is the
inspired writer who lays most stress on this teaching. He is full of a
great fall which is to come some day to all human p...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_With my soul have I desired Thee in the night_
THE RELIGIOUS CRAVING AND SEEKING OF THE SOUL AT NIGHT
There is no work so momentous, me influential, as the work of the soul
in the sleepless hours o...
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_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...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 26:8 YOU... YOU... YOU. God himself is the one
his people wholeheartedly desire. THE INHABITANTS OF THE WORLD. Desire
for God inspires a longing that all would recognize him....
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THE USE AND ABUSE OF THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD
Isaiah 26:9. _For when Thy judgments, &c._
I. _The judgments of God are frequently in the earth_—such as
earthquakes, hurricanes, pestilence, commercial disa...
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TRUST AMID TRIALS
Isaiah 26:8. _Yea, in the way of Thy judgments … will I seek Thee
early_.
In this verse the prophet expresses the confiding trust of God’s
people amid times of judgment. It is as th...
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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
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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...
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Hosea 5:15; Isaiah 27:9; Luke 6:12; Mark 1:35; Matthew 6:33;...
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In the night — When others are sleeping, my thoughts and desires are
working towards God. Early — Betimes in the morning. For — And
good reason it is that we should thus desire and seek thee in the wa...