Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 26:8
Have we waited for thee "We have placed our confidence in thy name" - The Septuagint, Syriac, and Chaldee read קוינו kavinu , without the pronoun annexed. read more
Isaiah 26:3-9
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 invithicha . It is proper to note this; because the second י yod being omitted in the text, the Vulgate and many others have rendered it in the third person. When thy judgments, etc. - It would be better to read, When thy judgments were in the earth, the inhabitants of the world have learned ( למדו lamedu ) righteousness. Men seldom seek God in... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:1-13
The vision of future glory. It seems best to take this as the picture of an ideal spiritual state. I. THE IMPREGNABLE CITY . Its walls and outworks are "salvation." A great word—negatively hinting deliverance from the enemy and the oppressor; positively including all the contents of sacred peace, prosperity, and happiness. But salvation is nothing without a Savior; it is the loving presence of Jehovah who girds about Jerusalem as a wall. In Zechariah 2:9 he is spoken of as a... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:1-18
A SONG OF THE REDEEMED IN MOUNT ZION . The prophet, having (in Isaiah 25:1-12 .) poured forth his own thankfulness to God for the promise of the Church's final redemption and triumph, proceeds now to represent the Church itself in the glorified state as singing praise to God for the same. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:1-18
Thanksgiving the employment of the saints in bliss. The prophet, in this sublime passage of his prophecy, carries us with him within the veil, and reveals to us the very words, or, at the least, the general tone and tenor of utterances, which the saints make when they have passed from earth to heaven, and stand in the very presence of God. The words are, as we should have expected, mainly words of praise and thanksgiving. The saints praise God— I. FOR THE BLESSINGS OF THEIR ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:3
Thou wilt keep him , etc.; literally, the steadfast mind thou wilt keep in peace , in peace ; i.e. "in perfect peace" (comp. Psalms 112:7 , Psalms 112:8 ). The writer's mind throughout the first paragraph of his" song" ( Isaiah 26:1-4 )"is running" (as Mr. Cheyne well observes) "on the security and immovableness of the new Jerusalem." All is peace and sure defense on God's side; all is trust and perfect confidence on the side of man. The first words of the verse may be taken in... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:3
Perfect peace out of trust. Literally, "Peace, peace;" the Hebrew superlative form meaning the "greatest, or perfect peace"—inward peace, outward peace, peace with God, peace of conscience, peace at all times, under all events, God's own peace, the peace which God's own Son knew, and left as his legacy to his disciples. These two last expressions give us two divisions for our subject. I. GOD GIVES THOSE WHO TRUST HIM HIS OWN PEACE . 1. God ' s peace is the result... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:4
Trust ye in the Lord . The faithful exhort each other to perfect trust, in the new Jerusalem, as in the old (see Psalms 115:9-11 ). In the Lord Jehovah ; literally, in Jah Jehorah (comp. Isaiah 12:2 ). Is everlasting strength ; literally, is the Rock of ages . A certain refuge throughout all eternity is, no doubt, intended (see the comment on Isaiah 17:10 ). read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:4
The call to continuous trust. "Trust ye in the Lord forever ." The words "forever" in the prophetical books are a figure for "always," "continuously," under all conditions; even in times when trust seems to have no foundations we may keep on trusting, because our trust really is in God. I. WE CANNOT KEEP ON TRUSTING IF OUR TRUST IS IN THINGS . "The fashion of this world passeth away;" "Here we have no abiding city; Moth and rust corrupt, and thieves break... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 26:4
In the Lord Jehovah "In Jehovah" - In Jah Jehovah, Heb.; but see Houbigant, and the note on Isaiah 12:2 ; (note). Everlasting strength - עולמים צור tsur olamim , "the rock of ages; "or, according to Rab. Maimon, - the eternal Fountain, Source, or Spring. Does not this refer to the lasting streams from the rock in the desert? And that rock was Christ. ge han hoped in the Lord fro the everlastinge worldis. - Old Ms. Bible. read more