Isaiah 26:20

Isaiah 26:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
• New International Version (NIV)Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the fury has passed by.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut your doors behind you; Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, Until the indignation is past.

Context of Isaiah 26:20

18We have been with child, we have twisted and struggled in labor; We gave birth, as it seems, only to wind. We could not accomplish salvation for the earth, Nor were inhabitants of the world born. 19Your dead will live; Their dead bodies will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy! For your dew is a dew of [celestial] light [heavenly, supernatural], And the earth will give birth to the spirits of the dead. Come, my people, enter your chambers And shut your doors behind you; Hide for a little while Until the [Lord’s] wrath is past. 21Listen carefully, the Lord is about to come out of His [heavenly] place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wickedness [their sin, their injustice, their wrongdoing]; The earth will reveal the [innocent] blood shed upon her And will no longer cover her slain.

Isaiah 26:20 word by word

לֵ֤ךְ עַמִּי֙ בֹּ֣א בַחֲדָרֶ֔יךָ וּֽסְגֹ֥ר דְּלָתְךָ֖ בַּעֲדֶ֑ךָ חֲבִ֥י כִמְעַט־רֶ֖גַע עַד־יַעֲבָר זָֽעַם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Comeיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• enterבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• thou into thy chambersחֶ֫דֶרcheder · chamberH2315
• and shutסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• thy doorsדָּלָהdeleth · doorH1817
• about thee: hideחָבָהchâbâh · to hideH2247
• thyself as it were for a littleמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
• momentרֶ֫גַעrega‛ · momentH7281
• until the indignationזַ֫עַםza‛am · indignationH2195
• be overpastעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674

Cross-references for Isaiah 26:20

• Isaiah 51:4“Listen carefully to Me [says the Lord], O My people, And hear Me, O My nation; For a [divine] law will go forth from Me, And I will quickly establish My justice as a light to the peoples.
• Jeremiah 7:23But this thing I did command them: ‘Listen to and obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, so that it may be well with you.’
• Jeremiah 31:14I will fully satisfy the soul of the priests with abundance, And My people will be satisfied with My goodness,” says the Lord.
• Isaiah 32:18Then my people will live in a peaceful surrounding, And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places.
• Genesis 7:1Then the Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you with all your household, for you [alone] I have seen as righteous (doing what is right) before Me in this generation.
• Exodus 12:22You shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and touch some of the blood to the lintel [above the doorway] and to the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning.
• Psalms 32:7You are my hiding place; You, Lord, protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs and shouts of deliverance. Selah.
• Psalms 91:4He will cover you and completely protect you with His pinions, And under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.
• Proverbs 18:10The name of the Lord is a strong tower; The righteous runs to it and is safe and set on high [far above evil].
• Ezekiel 11:15“Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, your fellow exiles and the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the [present] inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far away from the Lord; this land has been given to us as a possession.’
• Matthew 23:37“ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.
• Matthew 6:6But when you pray, go into your most private room, close the door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you.
• Psalms 17:8Keep me [in Your affectionate care, protect me] as the apple of Your eye; Hide me in the [protective] shadow of Your wings
• Psalms 27:5For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock.
• Psalms 31:20In the secret place of Your presence You hide them from the plots and conspiracies of man; You keep them secretly in a shelter (pavilion) from the strife of tongues.
• Psalms 143:9Rescue me, O Lord, from my enemies; I take refuge in You.

Commentaries on Isaiah 26:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Comes 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Come, my people - This is an epilogue (Rosenmuller), in which the choir addresses the people, and entreats them to be tranquil during that convulsion by which their oppressors would be punished, and the way made for their deliverance. The image is taken from seeking a shelter when a storm rages, until its fury is spent. The address is to the captive Jews in Babylon. The tempest that would rage would be the wars and commotions by which Babylon was to be…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20Verse 20 ,21 When dangers threaten, it is good to retire and lie hid; when we commend ourselves to God to hide us, he will hide us either under heaven or in heaven. Thus we shall be safe and happy in the midst of tribulations. It is but for a short time, as it were for a little moment; when over, it will seem as nothing. God's place is the mercy-seat; there he delights to be: when he punishes, he comes out of his place, for he has no pleasure in the death…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20God will punish the wicked, so the faithful should go home and avoid trouble.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. enter ... chambers--When God is about to take vengeance on the ungodly, the saints shall be shut in by Him in a place of safety, as Noah and his family were in the days of the flood (Ge 7:16), and as Israel was commanded not to go out of doors on the night of the slaying of the Egyptian first-born (Ex 12:22, 23; Psa 31:20; 83:3). The saints are calmly and confidently to await the issue (Ex 14:13, 14).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 26:20

• Faith
• Persecution

In the dictionaries

• Chamber
• Delivery
• Indignation
• Judgment
• Intercession
• Isaiah
• Moment
• Overpass
• Salvation

Commentaries on Isaiah 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings