Isaiah

Isaiah 26 ©

1 A song inciting to confidence in God, 5 for his judgments upon the adversary, 12 and favour to his people. 20 An exhortation to wait God's coming to judgment.

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IN that day shall this song be asung in the land of Judah; We have ba strong city; csalvation will God appoint for walls and *bulwarks.

a Je. 31.12. Re. 5.9-13; 15.3.
b Ps. 87.3; 125.2. Mat. 16.18. Pr. 18.10.
c ch. 60.18; 59.16; 45.17. Zec. 2.5.
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dOpen ye the gates, that the righteous nation which ekeepeth the 1truth may enter in.

d Ps. 118.19,20. ch. 60.11. Re. 22.14; 21.13,24-27.
e Pr. 23.23. Jude 3.
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Thou wilt keep him fin 2perfect peace, whose 3mind is stayed on thee : gbecause he trusteth in thee.

f Jn. 14.27; 16.33. Ro. 5.1; 14.17. Phi. 4.7. Ps. 112.8. ch. 32.17.
g Ps. 9.10; 22.4,5.
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hTrust ye in the LORD for ever: for iin the LORD JEHOVAH is 4everlasting strength:

h 2Ch. 20.20. Ps. 62.8; 115.9-11; 118.8,9; 125.1. Pr. 3.5.
i Hab. 1.12. Ps. 90.1,2.
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jFor he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the klofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

j ch. 14.13; 25.11.
k Je. 50.31,32. Re. 18.2.
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lThe foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

l ch. 37.26. 1Sa. 2.8. Zep. 3.12. Je. 50.45. Lu. 1.52; 10.10. Mal. 4.3. Ro. 16.20. Re. 2.26; 7.14. 1Co. 1.26,27. Da. 7.27.
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The way of the just is muprightness: thou, nmost upright, dost oweigh the path of the just.

m Ep. 2.10. Pr. 21.8. Ps. 37.23; 27.11. ch. 35.8; 37.23,24. Ps. 11.4,7.
n De. 32.4. Ps. 25.8; 92.15; 22.3.
o Pr. 5.21. Ps. 11.4; 58.2. Re. 2.23.
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Yea, in the pway of thy judgments, O LORD, have we qwaited for thee; rthe desire of our soul is sto thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

p ch. 64.4,5. Ps. 44.17,18. Job 13.15. Ps. 119.67. Ro. 5.3. 1Co. 11.32.
q ch. 25.9; 33.2; 64.4; 8.17. Mi. 7.7-9.
r Job 6.8. Jos. 7.9. Ps. 63.6; 77.10-12; 84.2; 73.25.
s Ne. 1.11.
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With my soul thave I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for uwhen thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

t Ps. 63.6,8; 77.2; 119.62,148. Ca. 3.1-4; 5.1-8. v.8.
u Ps. 83.16; 9.16; 58.10,11. Job 27.23. Re. 15.4. Ho. 5.15.
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vLet favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: win the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

v Ex. 8.15,31,32. Ec. 8.11,12. Ro. 2.4,5. Re. 2.21.
w Ec. 3.16. v.1. ch. 2.10; 5.12. Ps. 28.5; 143.10. Ho. 11.2,7. 2Ch. 28.22. ch. 1.4,5.
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LORD, when xthy hand is lifted up, they will not see: ybut they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy 5at the people; yea, zthe fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

x ch. 14.26. Eze. 20.5,6,15,23. v.10. Job 34.27. Ps. 28.5. Je. 5.3.
y Re. 1.7. 1Sa. 5.6-12. Ex. 7-14. Ps. 28.4.
z Da. 3.22,25. De. 4.24; 32.22. He. 12.29. 2Th. 1.9.
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¶LORD, athou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast bwrought all our works 6in us.

a Mi. 5.5. Jn. 16.33; 14.27. Pr. 16.7. ch. 57.19. v.3.
b Ps. 57.2. Eze. 20.9,14,22. Phi. 2.13. 1Co. 15.10.
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O LORD our God, cother lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but dby thee only will we make mention of thy name.

c Ps. 66.12. 2Ch. 12.8. La. 5.8. Ezr. 9.9. Ne. 9.28,36,37. Je. 50.17. Ro. 6.16-18.
d Ps. 73.25; 71.15,16. 1Co. 8.5,6.
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eThey are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and fmade all their memory to perish.

e Ps. 36.12. Pr. 10.7. Na. 1-3. Je. 50; 51. Re. 6; 16; 18; 19.
f Ec. 9.5.
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gThou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst hremoved it far unto all the ends of the earth.

g 1Ch. 21.5. ch. 9.3. v.2. Zec. 10.8-10. Re. 11.15; 7.9.
h Ge. 15.18. Ob. 18. Zec. 9.1,10,11.
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LORD, iin trouble have they visited thee, they poured out 7a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

i Ps. 50.15; 34.6; 81.7; 91.15. Ho. 5.15. Re. 3.19. 2Ch. 33.12. Zep. 3.11.
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jLike as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.

j ch. 13.8. Ps. 48.6. Je. 4.31; 6.24. Jn. 16.21. Re. 12.1. ch. 66.7.
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kWe have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have lthe inhabitants of the world fallen.

k Ho. 8.7; 12.1. ch. 37.3; 33.11. Ps. 69.3; 80.4. La. 3.8. Job 15.35.
l Ps. 17.14. Jn. 7.7; 15.18. 1Jn. 5.19. ch. 24.20,21.
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mThy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

m Eze. 37.1-14. Mat. 27.52,53. Ep. 5.14. Ps. 22.15; 71.20. ch. 60-62; 65; 66. Ps. 110.3; 72.6; 85.6. Eze. 37.1-14. Ho. 6.1,2; 14.6. 1Th. 4.16. Ro. 14.8. 2Co. 4.10,11. Jn. 5.28,29. Re. 11.11,15. Ro. 11.15,26. Da. 12.2. Re. 20.4,12,13; 14.13.
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¶Come, my people, nenter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for oa little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

n Ge. 7.1,16. Ps. 9.9; 18.2; 32.7; 27.5; 31.20; 143.9; 57.1; 91.4. Mat. 6.6.
o ch. 54.7,8; 10.25. Ps. 30.5. 2Co. 4.17. He. 10.37. Re. 11.10.
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For, behold, the LORD pcometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: qthe earth also shall disclose her 8blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

p Mi. 1.3. Ps. 50.3. Jude 14,15. 2Th. 1.6-9.
q Ge. 4.10. Job 16.18. Ps. 79.10; 94.1,5; 44.23. Eze. 24.7. ch. 34.3; 66.16. Mat. 23.35. Re. 14.20; 18.24.