Isaiah 26:20-21 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 26:20-21

These two verses are supposed not to belong to the song which takes up the rest of the chapter, but to begin a new matter, and to be rather an introduction to the following chapter than the conclusion of this. Of whereas, in the foregoing song, the people of God had spoken to him, complaining of their grievances, here he returns an answer to their complaints, in which, I. He invites them into their chambers (Isa. 26:20): ?Come, my people, come to me, come with me? (he calls them nowhere but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:20

Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers ,.... These words are either to be connected with the preceding verse Isaiah 26:19 , and considered as a part of the song; and then the design of them is, to let the people of God know that there would be times of great trouble and distress, previous to that glorious one before mentioned; whether it is to be understood of a spiritual resurrection, the conversion of Jews and Gentiles in the latter day, which the judgments on antichrist will... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:21

For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place ,.... God, as omnipresent, is everywhere, and cannot be properly said to quit one place, and go to another; but as heaven is the seat of his majesty, and where he more manifestly displays his glory, when he is said to do anything remarkable on earth, he is said to come out of his place, and come down thither, Micah 1:3 especially in the exertion of his power and justice, in a way of punishment of sin; which is his act, his strange act; and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 26:20

Comes my people, enter thou into thy chambers - An exhortation to patience and resignation under oppression, with a confident expectation of deliverance by the power of God manifestly to be exerted in the destruction of the oppressor. It seems to be an allusion to the command of Moses to the Israelites, when the destroying angel was to go through the land of Egypt, "not to go out at the door of their houses until the morning;" Exodus 12:22 . And before the passage of the Red Sea: "Fear ye... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 26:21

The earth also shall disclose her blood - Crimes of cruelty and oppression, which have passed away from the eyes of men, God will bring into judgment, and exact punishment for them. O what a reckoning will the kingdoms of the earth have with God, for the torrents of blood which they have shed for the gratification of the lust of power and ambition! Who shall live when he doeth this? read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:15-21

The resurrection of Israel. The population of Judah has been increased, and its borders extended. (For this cause of rejoicing cf. Isaiah 9:2 ; Isaiah 49:19 , Isaiah 49:20 ; Isaiah 54:1 , etc.; Micah 2:1 , Micah 2:2 ; Micah 4:7 ; Obadiah 1:19 , Obadiah 1:20 .) Probably he is thinking of the population and strength of the land in the days of David and Solomon, as typical of what is again to be in the happier times. But actually a period of gloom and suffering must precede... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:19-21

THE PROPHET 'S COMMENT ON THE SONG OF THE JUST . Having concluded his " song of the just" in a minor key with a confession of human weakness, the prophet proceeds to cheer and encourage his disciples by a clear and positive declaration of the doctrine of the resurrection: "Thy dead, O Israel, shall live." He then adds a recommendation for the present—a recommendation to privacy and retirement, until the judgments of God which he has predicted ( Isaiah 24:1-23 .) are shown... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:20

Come, my people … into thy chambers . As when a storm comes, prudence counsels men to seek shelter ( Exodus 9:19 ), so now the prophet advises his people to put themselves under cover during the coming tempest. His meaning, probably, is that they should retire into the privacy of communion with God, withdrawing from public affairs and the distractions of a worldly life. Shut thy doors about thee . For a little moment (so in Isaiah 10:25 ; and again in Isaiah 54:7 , Isaiah 54:8 ).... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:20

The duty of retirement. There are periods in a nation's history, and there are times in a good man's life, when it is well to hear and wise to heed the admonition, "Enter thou into thy chambers , and shut thy doors about thee." We may let this language suggest to us that we should— I. MAKE TIME FOR DEVOUT REFLECTION . In busy, outwardly active times, when there is an imperious demand on every hand for "work," there is urgent need that this counsel should be given and be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:21

The Lord cometh out of his place (comp. Micah 1:3 ). In the Psalms God is represented as "bowing the heavens and coming down," bringing them, as it were, with him. Here (and in Micah) he quits his place in heaven, as a king quits his own country when he proceeds to take vengeance on rebels in another. The expressions are, both of them, accommodations to human modes of thought. To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity ; literally, to visit the iniquity of the inhabitant... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 26:20-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 26:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 26:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:15-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:19-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:21

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