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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 26:12-19

The prophet in these verses looks back upon what God had done with them, both in mercy and judgment, and sings unto God of both, and then looks forward upon what he hoped God would do for them. Observe, I. His reviews and reflections are mixed. When he looks back upon the state of the church he finds, 1. That God had in many instances been very gracious to them and had done great things for them. (1.) In general (Isa. 26:12): Thou hast wrought all our works in us, or for us. Whatever good work... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:12

Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us ,.... Dispose, order, give it to us, outward and inward, spiritual and eternal: chiefly respect is had to that peace and prosperity the church will have in the latter day, which the zeal of the Lord of hosts, before mentioned, will perform for her, Psalm 72:8 and which she expresses her faith in, when it goes ill with the wicked, and that for the following reason: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us ; or "to us", or "for us" F2 לנו ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:13

O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us ,.... Sin and Satan have the dominion over the Lord's people, in a state of unregeneracy; before the good work of grace is wrought in them, every lust is a lord, and is served and obeyed: and Satan is the god of this world by usurpation, and leads men captive at his will. Some think that the idols the Jews had served and worshipped, called "Baalim" or lords, are meant, and that this is a confession of their sin; but that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:14

They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise ,.... The above tyrannical lords, the kings of the earth and their mighty men, associates of the Romish antichrist, who shall be gathered together, and slain at the battle at Armageddon; these shall not live again in this world, nor rise from their graves, and return to their former state, power, and authority; or tyrannise over, molest, disturb, oppress, and persecute the people of God any more; though they shall... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:15

Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation ,.... The righteous nation, Isaiah 26:2 the church of God, by the numerous conversions of Jews and Gentiles; when the nation of the Jews shall be born at once, and the fulness and forces of the Gentiles are brought in; when the kingdoms of this world will become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ: this increase is repeated, to denote the certainty of it, and because a matter of great moment and importance: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:16

Lord, in trouble have they visited thee ,.... This, and the two following verses Isaiah 26:17 , represent the troubles and disappointments of the church and people of God, before the destruction of antichrist; in which time of trouble they will visit the Lord, frequent the throne of grace, as saints in afflictions are wont to do; and sometimes this is the end to be answered by afflictions, Hosea 5:15 , they poured out a prayer ; or "muttering" F5 לחש "mussitationem", Montanus;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:17

Like as a woman with child ,.... By this simile are set forth the great distresses and afflictions the church of Christ will be in, before redemption and deliverance from the antichristian yoke comes: that draweth near the time of her delivery ; when her burden is great and very troublesome: is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs ; for her friends to come about her, and give her all the help and assistance they can: so have we been in thy sight, O Lord ; in great distress... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:18

We have been with child ,.... Like women with child; we have been full of hopes and expectations of great things, of deliverance from our enemies, and of the kingdom of Christ being at hand: we have been in pain ; in great distress and anxiety, and in fervent and frequent prayer, travailing in birth, which we looked upon as forerunners of a happy issue of things: we have as it were brought forth wind ; all our hopes have proved abortive, and we have been disappointed in our... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 26:16

Lord, in trouble have they visited thee "O Jehovah, in affliction we have sought thee" - So the Septuagint and two MSS. have פקדנוך pekadnucha , in the first person plural. And so perhaps it should be צקנו tsaknu , in the first person; but how the Septuagint read this word is not clear; and this last member of the verse is extremely obscure. For למו lamo , "on them," the Septuagint read לנו lanu , "on us," in the first person likewise; a frequent mistake; see note on ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 26:18

We have - brought forth wind - The learned Professor Michaelis explains this image in the following manner: " Rariorem morbum describi, empneumatosin, aut ventosam molam, dictum; quo quae laborant diu et sibi et peritis medicis gravidae videntur,tandemque post omnes verae graviditatis molestias et labored ventum ex utero emittunt: quem morbum passim describunt medici . "Syntagma Comment., vol. ii., p. 165. The empneumatosis, or windy inflation of the womb, is a disorder to which females... read more

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