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Isaiah 26

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1On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; He sets up walls and ramparts for security. ✦ 2“Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter, The one that remains faithful. ✦ 3“The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You. ✦ 4“Trust in the Lord forever, For in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock. ✦ 5“For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the unassailable city; He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust. ✦ 6“The foot will trample it, The feet of the poor, the steps of the helpless.” ✦ 7¶The way of the righteous is smooth; O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level. ✦ 8Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, Lord, We have waited for You eagerly; Your name, and remembering You, is the desire of our souls. ✦ 9At night my soul longs for You, Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently; For when the earth experiences Your judgments, The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. ✦ 10Though the wicked person is shown compassion, He does not learn righteousness; He deals unjustly in the land of uprightness, And does not perceive the majesty of the Lord. ✦ 11¶Lord, Your hand is lifted up, yet they do not see it. They see Your zeal for the people and are put to shame; Indeed, fire will devour Your enemies. ✦ 12Lord, You will establish peace for us, Since You have also performed for us all our works. ✦ 13Lord, our God, other masters besides You have ruled us; But through You alone we confess Your name. ✦ 14The dead will not live, the departed spirits will not rise; Therefore You have punished and destroyed them, And You have eliminated all remembrance of them. ✦ 15You have increased the nation, Lord, You have increased the nation, You are glorified; You have extended all the borders of the land. ✦ 16Lord, they sought You in distress; They could only whisper a prayer, Your discipline was upon them. ✦ 17As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth, She writhes and cries out in her labor pains; This is how we were before You, Lord. ✦ 18We were pregnant, we writhed in labor, We gave birth, as it seems, only to wind. We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth, Nor were inhabitants of the world born. ✦ 19Your dead will live; Their corpses will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy, For your dew is as the dew of the dawn, And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits. ✦ 20¶Come, my people, enter your rooms And close your doors behind you; Hide for a little while Until indignation runs its course. ✦ 21For behold, the Lord is about to come out from His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wrongdoing; And the earth will reveal her bloodshed And will no longer cover her slain. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

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Christ at the center

Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).

How Isaiah 26 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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  • ★ Start hereVideoBibleProject — video overviews & word studiesBibleProject · 5–10 min · Free · evangelical

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Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Seminary

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryThe Book of Isaiah (NICOT)John N. Oswalt · Paid · evangelical

    The standard evangelical commentary on Isaiah — thorough and devotionally warm.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Isaiah videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Isaiah 26YouTube · Lay · Free

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Isaiah 26David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on IsaiahMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Isaiah 26Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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