Isaiah 26:1
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
Isaiah 26:1 in other translations
| BSB | In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts. |
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| WEB | In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks. |
| ASV | In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks. |
| YLT | In that day sung is this song in the land of Judah: ‘We have a strong city, Salvation He doth make walls and bulwark. |
| DARBY | In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation doth he appoint for walls and bulwarks. |
| BBE | In that day will this song be made in the land of Judah: We have a strong town; he will make salvation our walls and towers. |
| Webster | In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. |
What does Isaiah 26:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Is 26:1-21. Connected with the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Chapters. Song of Praise of Israel after Being Restored to Their Own Land.
As the overthrow of the apostate faction is described in the twenty-fifth chapter, so the peace of the faithful is here described under the image of a well-fortified city. 1. strong city--Jerusalem, strong in Jehovah's protection: type of the new Jerusalem (Psa 48:1-3), contrasted with the overthrow of the ungodly foe (Is 26:4-7, 12-14; Re 22:2, 10-12, &c.). salvation ... walls--(Is 60:18; Jr 3:23; Zec 2:5). Maurer translates, "Jehovah makes His help serve as walls" (Is 33:20, 21, &c.). bulwarks--the trench with the antemural earthworks exterior to the wall.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
This chapter, like the foregoing, is a song of praise, in which thanksgivings for temporal and spiritual mercies are beautifully mingled, though the latter still predominate. Even the sublime and evangelical doctrine of the resurrection seems here to be hinted at, and made to typify the deliverance of the people of God from a state of the lowest misery; the captivity, the general dispersion, or both. This hymn too, like the preceding, is beautifully diversified by the frequent change of speakers. It opens with a chorus of the Church, celebrating the protection vouchsafed by God to his people; and the happiness of the righteous, whom he guards, contrasted with the misery of the wicked, whom he punishes, Isa 26:1-7. To this succeeds their own pious resolution of obeying, trusting, and delighting in God, Isa 26:8. Here the prophet breaks in, in his own person, eagerly catching the last words of the chorus, which were perfectly in unison with the feelings of his own soul, and which he beautifully repeats, as one musical instrument reverberates the sound of another on the same key with it. He makes likewise a suitable response to what had been said on the judgments of God, and observes their different effects on the good and the bad; improving the one, and hardening the other, Isa 26:9-11. After this, a chorus of Jews express their gratitude to God for past deliverances, make confession of their sins, and supplicate his power, which they had been long expecting, Isa 26:12-18. To this God makes a gracious reply, promising deliverance that should be as life from the dead, Isa 26:19. And the prophet, (apparently alluding to the command of Moses to the Israelites, when the destroying angel was to go through the land of Egypt), concludes with exhorting his people to patience and resignation, till God sends the deliverance he has promised, Isa 26:20, Isa 26:21. Verse 1 We have a strong city - In opposition to the city of the enemy, which God hath destroyed, Isa 25:1-12 (note). See the note there. Salvation - for walls and bulwarks - חומת וחל chomsoth vachel, walls and redoubts, or the walls and the ditch. חל chel properly signifies the ditch or trench without the wall; see Kimchi. The same rabbin says, This song refers to the time of salvation, i.e., the days of the Messiah.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 26:1-4
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Isaiah 26:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 26:1
- Zechariah 2:5
For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
- Isaiah 60:18
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
- Isaiah 62:11
Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
- Ephesians 5:19-20
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
- Jeremiah 33:11
The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord.
- 2 Samuel 22:1-51
And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. …
- Isaiah 25:9
And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
- Psalms 31:21
Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
- Isaiah 27:1-2
In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
- Psalms 48:12
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
- Matthew 16:18
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
- Judges 5:1-31
Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel. Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
this song.
5:1; 27:1,2; Ex 15:2-21; Nu 21:17; Jud 5:1-31; 2Sa 22:1-51
Jer 33:11; Eph 5:19,20; Re 19:1-7
in the land.
Ezr 3:11; Ps 137:3,4
salvation.
60:18; 62:11; Ps 31:21; 48:12; Zec 2:5; Mt 16:18; Re 21:12-22
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Context
- Isaiah 26:1
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
- Isaiah 26:2
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
Isaiah 26:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | EN aquel día cantarán este cantar en tierra de Judá: Fuerte ciudad tenemos: salud puso Dios por muros y antemuro. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | En ce jour-là sera chanté ce cantique dans le pays de Juda: Nous avons une ville forte: il a mis le salut pour murailles et pour remparts. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | An jenem Tage wird dieses Lied im Lande Juda gesungen werden: Wir haben eine starke Stadt; Rettung setzt er zu Mauern und zum Bollwerk. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | In die illa cantabitur canticum istud in terra Juda: Urbs fortitudinis nostræ Sion; salvator ponetur in ea murus et antemurale. |