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Isaiah 26 Commentary

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KEY THOUGHT:  With my soul I have desired You in the night,
Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early [Isaiah 26:9a NKJV]

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Isaiah 26 NKJV
A Song of Salvation

26 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

“We have a strong city;
God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.
2 Open the gates,
That the righteous nation which [a]keeps the truth may enter in.
3 You will keep him in perfect peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
4 Trust in the Lord forever,
For in Yah, the Lord, is [b]everlasting strength.
5 For He brings [c]down those who dwell on high,
The lofty city;
He lays it low,
He lays it low to the ground,
He brings it down to the dust.
6 The foot shall [d]tread it down—
The feet of the poor
And the steps of the needy.”

7 The way of the just is uprightness;
O Most Upright,
You [e]weigh the path of the just.
8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments,
O Lord, we have waited for You;
The desire of our soul is for Your name
And for the remembrance of You.
9 With my soul I have desired You in the night,
Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early;
For when Your judgments are in the earth,
The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

10 Let grace be shown to the wicked,
Yet he will not learn righteousness;
In the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly,
And will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
11 Lord, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see.
But they will see and be ashamed
For [f]their envy of people;
Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.

12 Lord, You will establish peace for us,
For You have also done all our works [g]in us.
13 O Lord our God, masters besides You
Have had dominion over us;
But by You only we make mention of Your name.
14 They are dead, they will not live;
They are deceased, they will not rise.
Therefore You have punished and destroyed them,
And made all their memory to perish.
15 You have increased the nation, O Lord,
You have increased the nation;
You are glorified;
You have expanded all the [h]borders of the land.

16 Lord, in trouble they have visited You,
They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them.
17 As a woman with child
Is in pain and cries out in her [i]pangs,
When she draws near the time of her delivery,
So have we been in Your sight, O Lord.
18 We have been with child, we have been in pain;
We have, as it were, [j]brought forth wind;
We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,
Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

19 Your dead shall live;
Together with [k]my dead body they shall arise.
Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust;
For your dew is like the dew of herbs,
And the earth shall cast out the dead.

Take Refuge from the Coming Judgment

20 Come, my people, enter your chambers,
And shut your doors behind you;
Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment,
Until the indignation is past.
21 For behold, the Lord comes out of His place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
The earth will also disclose her [l]blood,
And will no more cover her slain.

Footnotes

a. Isaiah 26:2 Or remains faithful
b. Isaiah 26:4 Or Rock of Ages
c. Isaiah 26:5 low
d. Isaiah 26:6 trample
e. Isaiah 26:7 Or make level
f. Isaiah 26:11 Or Your zeal for the people
g. Isaiah 26:12 Or for us
h. Isaiah 26:15 Or ends
i. Isaiah 26:17 sharp pains
j. Isaiah 26:18 given birth to
k. Isaiah 26:19 So with MT, Vg.; Syr., Tg. their dead bodies; LXX those in the tombs
l. Isaiah 26:21 Or bloodshed

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Isaiah 26 Commentary

So central to the Christian belief system is Chapter 26 that you feel you are reading one of the Pauline letters.

The LORD is coming from His heavenly place to punish the people of the earth for their sins. But before that, there is the ‘little while’ until God’s anger is over. Let the saint go into his house and shut the door behind him. It is time to hide as trouble circles.

The prophet speaks directly with less imagery. Murderers and what they represent will be exposed. This is nothing other than judgment day! The LORD will have revived those long dead. Their bodies will have come back to life. Verse 19.

We were in pain and agony. Part of the pain is the saint’s desire for God – for God’s rule in a world of extreme wickedness. “Even in the land of righteousness, people still do wrong.” Regardless, “We follow your will and put our hope in you; you are all that we desire.”

Even for his close walk with the LORD, the prophet still needed the completeness that only comes from the LORD’s glorious coming.

While the saint hides, the wicked have it easy. The LORD is kind to the wicked, yet they never learn to do what is right. They never know that the LORD will punish them.

The prophet prays that the LORD puts His enemies to shame. Let them see just how much the LORD loves His people. Of course, the day comes when the LORD makes it all clear.

Isaiah toggles between his current circumstances and the distant future that the LORD allowed him to see. Nothing is confusing anymore. The prophet has spoken plainly and clearly.

He has talked about global wickedness. He has also talked about the suffering of the remnant until the coming of the LORD – the famous ‘little while’ has its first steps in the Old Testament.

The resurrection of the dead, so prominent in the New Testament, is strongly rooted here. The future is here. The LORD will give victory to His people – in installments for ours and Isaiah’s troubling times. But this chapter has also clearly pointed to the final victory when the LORD reigns in glory.

To the “Rock eternal”, be the glory.

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  1. It has been exciting learning how God can make things happen to his choosen one, God workout something wonderful and fulfils the promises he made to the father of Joseph.

    God’s words remains true so are his promises and indeed it has been God working out the salvation of man Kind by Grace through Faith alone.

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  11. Profound. My life needs a new introduction to God. Not that I have been right, but because God desires to help me… I see an amazing Grace here. Having broken the first commandment, still God looks for me and helps me to build up with him… And live for him. A littles knowledge of the Lord will ignite my passion and desire to serve him. This morning I pledge to seek, live and serve the Lord Jesus Christ and His purposes everyday of my life.
    Beautiful lesson

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  12. The Lord reintroduces himself and shows Israel, He is all they need. Some boast in horses and others in chariots but we’ll boast in the Lord. He is able and the only one worthy of our trust. Lord teach me how to always look up to you at all times and not focus on my strength or capabilities. This is my prayer

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  14. This far too common today. Just do something that seems like true worship yet it’s intent and actual practice is not even close to the set standard by the Lord. I personally feel challenged of some things we do in our personal lives, the focus of many churches and ministries today. We’ll need to realize the Lord must be worship as he has personally guided. Provides a good start of my reflection today

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  15. In those days when there was no King everyone did as they pleased. This is a good reminder to us that we are on own when the King of Kings isn’t leading our lives we’ll be doing what is not right and the results will show clearly how life without Christ looks like. We thank God that even when it looks like he’s not there, he’s behind the scenes working. I have learnt to trust in the Lord always.

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  16. Iam seeing this being stressed… There was no King in Israel… So lawlessness is the order of the day. This shows how heartless and wicked man can be with out the right King in his life. He can do anything. May the Lord help us to allow Christ in our lives that every aspect of our lives is changed and we yield ourselves to him alone.

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  17. I’m sure as the two daughters in-law stayed in Naomi’s home they learned about the God of Israel and appreciated His works among his people. Ruth’s determination and what she says moves my heart. She’s convinced she must go with Naomi and wants to spend her life with her, this relationship was strong especially between a mother inlaw and a daughter in-law. Yet Ruth stays and how she puts it shows the depth of her heart, I’ll go with with you, your people will be my people, your God will be my God…

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