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Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 26:11-21

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 be careful to make mention of His name, that is, to give Him the glory. Do not be afraid of your enemies. When God brings you back from the ends of the earth, He will free you from their toils and snares. Let us, as Isaiah 26:16 suggests, pour out our prayers, as a vessel its contents; though, as... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 26:1-21

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, and for deliverance. The deep secret of the new condition is the secret of the mind stayed on Jehovah. In Him is the Rock of Ages. He has overcome enemies and established the just. The song merges into one of praise for this Jehovah. Other lords have had dominion, but it is Jehovah who has... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 26:5-21

The Righteous and the Unrighteous (Isaiah 26:5-21 ) 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-existence, for the righteous, resurrection to new hope. It ends with the warning that meanwhile God’s anger will finally be revealed in the world, from which the righteous must hide themselves. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 26:7-11

The Way of The Righteous And Judgments on the Unrighteous (Isaiah 26:7-11 ). Isaiah 26:7 ‘The way of the righteous is uprightness (altogether right), You (singular) who are upright weigh up the path of the righteous.’ This makes clear that the lofty city was not upright, for this is in contrast to it. It is those who are righteous before God, accepted by God within and through His covenant, and reconciled to Him, who are upright, and walk in uprightness. They are altogether right. And their... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 26:11-15

What Yahweh Has Done For His People And the End of Their Enemies (Isaiah 26:11-15 ). As in Isaiah 25:1-5, Isaiah 26:8-19 is a prayer as Isaiah has turned his face upwards towards God. And he now delights in Yahweh’s activity on behalf of His people. He bewails the fact that although God has been in action the world has not seen it. But he is confident that they will be made to see it because of what God does for His people. While the nations and their gods will decrease, God will increase His... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 26:1-19

Isaiah 26:1-Psalms : . 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. Jerusalem has been made impregnable, let the righteous enter in. The unwavering mind is kept by God in unbroken peace ( cf. mg.) . He is worthy of trust, for He is an everlasting rock; He has laid low the exalted city, the afflicted Jews trample it under foot. The way of... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 26:11

When thy hand is lifted up, they will not see; and they are guilty of the same obstinate blindness when thou dost smite and punish them, which is commonly signified by lifting up the hand, as Ezekiel 44:12; Micah 5:9. Compare also 2 Samuel 20:21; 1 Kings 11:26. Or, as others render it, when thine hand is high or exalted, i.e. when thy works are most evident and most glorious, when thou appearest most gloriously for the defence of thy people, and for the punishment of thine and their enemies,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 26:12

Thou wilt ordain peace for us; as thou wilt destroy thine and our enemies, so thou wilt bless us thy people with peace and prosperity. All our works; either, 1. All the good works done by us, which are the effects of thy grace; or rather, 2. All the good and great works which have been wrought for us, all our wonderful deliverances and singular blessings, come from thee. And so the argument is this, God hath delivered us formerly upon all occasions, and therefore he will still deliver us, and... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 26:12

NATIONAL PEACE THE GIFT OF GOD(A Thanksgiving Sermon.)Isaiah 26:12. Lord, Thou wilt ordain peace for us: for Thou hast wrought all our work in us.The joyfulness of the occasion. Peace a greater blessing than mere victory; for he that celebrates victory celebrates an event which has been produced by an incalculable measure of human suffering. Let us consider—I. What there is in the restoration of peace, generally considered, to excite our gratitude. 1. The effusion of human blood is stayed, and... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:1-21

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 that the things are transpiring that he wrote about in chapter 25. And what are the things that he was writing about in chapter 25? What are the days that he was writing about? Verse Isaiah 26:8 , "He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the... read more

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