isaiah-26:3-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:4

Trust ye in the Lord . The faithful exhort each other to perfect trust, in the new Jerusalem, as in the old (see Psalms 115:9-11 ). In the Lord Jehovah ; literally, in Jah Jehorah (comp. Isaiah 12:2 ). Is everlasting strength ; literally, is the Rock of ages . A certain refuge throughout all eternity is, no doubt, intended (see the comment on Isaiah 17:10 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:4

The call to continuous trust. "Trust ye in the Lord forever ." The words "forever" in the prophetical books are a figure for "always," "continuously," under all conditions; even in times when trust seems to have no foundations we may keep on trusting, because our trust really is in God. I. WE CANNOT KEEP ON TRUSTING IF OUR TRUST IS IN THINGS . "The fashion of this world passeth away;" "Here we have no abiding city; Moth and rust corrupt, and thieves break... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 26:3

Thou wilt keep him - The following verses to Isaiah 26:11, contain moral and religious reflections, and seem designed to indicate the resignation evinced by the ‘righteous nation’ during their long afflictions. Their own feelings they are here represented as uttering in the form of general truths to be sources of consolation to others.In perfect peace - Hebrew as in the Margin, ‘Peace, peace;’ the repetition of the word denoting, as is usual in Hebrew, emphasis, and here evidently meaning... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 26:4

Trust ye in the Lord for ever - The sense is, ‘Let your confidence in God on no occasion fail. Let no calamity, no adversity, no persecution, no poverty, no trial of any kind, prevent your reposing entire confidence in him.’ This is spoken evidently in view of the fact stated in the previous verse, that the mind that is stayed on him shall have perfect peace.For in the Lord Jehovah - ‘This is one of the four places where our translators have retained the original word Yahweh (compare Exodus... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 26:3-4

Isaiah 26:3-4. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace Hebrew, in peace, peace; peace with God, and peace of conscience; peace at all times, and under all events; whose mind is stayed on thee Hebrew, יצר סמוךְ , the thought, or, mind fixed, or, the stayed mind, as Bishop Lowth renders it; that is, the man whose thoughts and mind are fixed and settled on thee by faith, as the next clause explains it. In the foregoing verse, the righteous are represented as being admitted into the city,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:1-21

Final victory for the godly (26:1-27:1)Having destroyed the city built by human hands (that is, humankind’s whole ungodly way of life; 25:2), God now builds his city. It is a city for the righteous, an eternal dwelling place for those who have experienced the perfect peace that comes through complete trust in God (26:1-3). Those who trust in him have stability and security, but those who trust in themselves are overthrown. God’s city stands for ever; the world’s city is smashed to the ground... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 26:3

perfect peace. Hebrew peace, peace. Figure of speech Epizeuxis , for emphasis, beautifully expressed In the Authorized Version. The same expression occurs in Isaiah 57:19 , indicating the unity of the book. See note on Isaiah 24:16 , and App-79 . Compare Isaiah 27:5 . mind = thought. trusteth = confideth. Hebrew. batah . See App-69 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 26:4

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . THE LORD. Hebrew Jah. App-4 . In Isaiah, only here and Isaiah 12:2 ; Isaiah 38:11 , Isaiah 38:11 . JEHOVAH. One of the four passages where the Authorized Version transliterates the word instead of translating it. See note on Isaiah 12:2 , and App-48 . everlasting strength = a rock of ages. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:4 , Deuteronomy 32:18 , Deuteronomy 32:30 , same word as here). See App-92 . Found only in Deuteronomy and as applied to God... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 26:4-6

Isaiah 26:4-6. Trust ye in the Lord— The fourth chorus, in these verses, contains an exhortation directed to others to place their confidence in God, upon the knowledge and observation of the present illustrious deliverance vouchsafed. The fifth and sixth verses should be rendered in the perfect tense, He hath brought down, &c. The foot hath trodden down. See chap. Isaiah 25:2; Isaiah 25:12. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 26:3

3. mind . . . stayed— (Psalms 112:7; Psalms 112:8). Jesus can create "perfect peace" within thy mind, though storms of trial rage without (Isaiah 57:19; Mark 4:39); as a city kept securely by a strong garrison within, though besieged without (so Philippians 4:7). "Keep," literally, "guard as with a garrison." HORSLEY translates, (God's) workmanship (the Hebrew does not probably mean "mind," but "a thing formed," Philippians 4:7- :), so constantly "supported"; or else "formed and supported (by... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 26:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 26:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 26:3-4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:1-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 26:3

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 26:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 26:4-6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 26:3

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