Isaiah 26:4-9 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 26:1-4

To the prophecies of gospel grace very fitly is a song annexed, in which we may give God the glory and take to ourselves the comfort of that grace: In that day, the gospel day, which the day of the victories and enlargements of the Old-Testament church was typical of (to some of which perhaps this has a primary reference), in that day this song shall be sung; there shall be persons to sing it, and cause and hearts to sing it; it shall be sung in the land of Judah, which was a figure of the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 26:5-11

Here the prophet further encourages us to trust in the Lord for ever, and to continue waiting on him; for, I. He will make humble souls that trust in him to triumph over their proud enemies, Isa. 26:5, 6. Those that exalt themselves shall be abased: For he brings down those that dwell on high; and wherein they deal proudly he is, and will be, above them. Even the lofty city Babylon itself, or Nineveh, he lays it low, Isa. 25:12. He can do it, be it ever so well fortified. He has often done it.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:4

Trust ye in the Lord for ever ,.... In the Word of the Lord for ever and ever, as the Targum again; that is, at all times, in every state and condition, in times of affliction, temptation, and darkness; for he will support under, and in his own time deliver out of every trouble, and cause all things to work to gether for good; and trust in him always, for everything, for all temporal blessings, and for all spiritual ones, and for eternal life and happiness; for he has them, has promised... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:5

For he bringeth down them that dwell on high, the lofty city ,.... That dwell on high in the high city, so the accents require the words to be rendered; and accordingly the Targum is, "for he will bring low the inhabitants of the high and strong city;' such that dwell in a city built on high, and in the high towers and palaces of it; or that sit on high thrones, are spiritual wickednesses in high places, and are of proud and haughty dispositions and conduct; as the pope of Rome and his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:6

The foot shall tread it down ,.... Trample upon it when brought down, laid low, and level with the ground, as mire is trodden in the streets, and straw for the dunghill; as grapes in the winepress, or grass by the feet of cattle: not the foot of a prince, as Aben Ezra observes, or of mighty men; but, as follows, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy ; these are not the Israelites in a literal sense, as Kimchi explains it; but the spiritual Israel of God; the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:7

The way of the just is uprightness ,.... Or, "the way for the just is uprightnesses" F19 אורח לצדיק מישרים "via justo rectitudines", Vatablus. , most upright; the way which is appointed for him, and which he is directed to walk in, is a way of righteousness and holiness, and in which he does walk; he walks uprightly, according to the rules of the word, becoming the Gospel of Christ, and worthy of his calling: or, it is "evennesses"; a most plain and even way, in which men,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:8

Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee ,.... Meaning by "judgments" either the ministration of the word and ordinances, called statutes and judgments, Psalm 147:19 an attendance on which is the right way of waiting upon God, and where it may be expected he will be found and manifest himself, and favour with his gracious presence; or else the corrections and chastisements, which are done in wisdom and with judgment, in measure and in mercy, and in a fatherly way,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:9

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 Jewish and Gentile darkness, preceding the coming of Christ; or rather in the time of latter day darkness, when the church is represented as heartily desirous of, and importunately praying for, the latter day glory, the rising of the sun of righteousness, the spiritual reign of Christ, the spread of... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 26:1-4

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 26:5-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 26:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 26:8

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