Isaiah 26:15

Isaiah 26:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
• New International Version (NIV)You have enlarged the nation, Lord; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself; you have extended all the borders of the land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But you have increased the nation, O Lord, you have increased the nation; you are glorified; you have enlarged all the borders of the land.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You have increased the nation, O Lord, You have increased the nation; You are glorified; You have expanded all the borders of the land.

Context of Isaiah 26:15

13Lord, our God, other lords have ruled over us. But you are the only one that we worship. 14Those other lords are dead. They will not live again. Their spirits will not rise up again. You punished them and you destroyed them. Nobody remembers them any more. Lord, you have made our nation larger. You have made our nation larger and you have shown how great you are. You have made all the borders of our land grow bigger. 16Lord, when your people had trouble, they came to you for help. When you punished them, they turned to you and they prayed. 17Because of your punishment, Lord, we had much pain. We were like a woman who is giving birth and she cries out with pain.

Isaiah 26:15 word by word

יָסַ֤פְתָּ לַגּוֹי֙ יְהוָ֔ה יָסַ֥פְתָּ לַגּ֖וֹי נִכְבָּ֑דְתָּ רִחַ֖קְתָּ כָּל־קַצְוֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou hast increasedיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
• the nationגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thou art glorifiedכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: honourH3513
• farרָחַקrâchaq · to removeH7368
• all the endsקָ֫צוּqetsev qitsvâh · boundaryH7099
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Isaiah 26:15

• Isaiah 9:3You, Lord, will make your nation stronger. You will cause your people to be very happy. They will be happy because you are with them. They will be like people who are happy at the time of harvest. They will be happy like soldiers who have won a battle, and who share their enemy's valuable things among themselves.
• Isaiah 10:22Israel's people are now very many, as many as the sand on the shore of the sea. But only a few will remain to return. The Lord has decided to destroy you, people of Israel. His punishment is fair and right.
• Genesis 12:2I will cause your descendants to become a great nation. I will bless you. Everyone will know your name. You will bring my blessing to other people.
• Genesis 13:16I will make your descendants become very many. Like the dust of the ground, people will not be able to count them all.
• Numbers 23:10Nobody can count Jacob's descendants. They are as many as the dust on the ground! It would be too difficult to count even a quarter of the Israelites. I would like to die in peace like those righteous people!’
• Deuteronomy 10:22When your ancestors went to Egypt, they were only 70 people. Now the Lord your God has caused you to become very many people. You are as many as the stars in the sky!
• Nehemiah 9:23You caused your people to have many descendants, as many as the stars in the sky. You brought them to the land that you had promised to their ancestors. You had told them to go and live in it.
• Jeremiah 30:19In those places you will hear happy songs, as people thank God. People will laugh aloud because they are so happy. I will make them grow in number. Their descendants will be many. I will cause other nations to give them honour. They will no longer insult my people.
• Isaiah 44:23Sing aloud with joy, you heavens above us, because the Lord has done it! Shout as loudly as you can, places deep below the earth. You mountains, sing with joy, and you forests and trees as well! Be happy, because the Lord has redeemed his people. He has rescued the Israelites, Jacob's descendants, to show how great he is.
• Isaiah 60:21All your people will be righteous. The land will belong to them for ever. I myself will plant them in the ground like a young plant. As they grow, they will show how great I am.
• Psalms 86:9You have made all the nations of the world, and they will all come to worship you, my Lord. They will agree that your name is great.
• John 12:23Jesus said to them, ‘God will show how great the Son of Man is. It is now time for that to happen.
• John 13:31When Judas had left, Jesus said, ‘Now people will see how great the Son of Man is. Because of him, they will also see how great God is.
• John 15:8If you make plenty of fruit, that will give honour to my Father. You will show that you are truly my disciples.
• John 17:1After Jesus said this, he looked up to heaven. He said, ‘Father, the time has now arrived. Show everyone how great your Son is. So then I, the Son, can show how great you are.
• Revelation 11:15The seventh angel made a sound with his trumpet. Then there was the sound of loud voices in heaven. They shouted: ‘Our Lord God and his Messiah now have all authority! The whole world has become their kingdom. God will rule as King for ever!’

Commentaries on Isaiah 26:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Thou hast increased the nation - That is, the Jewish nation (see the note at Isaiah 9:3). The nation was not only enlarged by its regular increase of population, but many converts attended them on their return from Babylon, and probably many came in from surrounding nations on the rebuilding of their capital. Thou hadst removed it far … - Or rather, thou hast extended far all the borders of the land. The word rendered removed‘ (רחק râchaq ) means usually…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-19Verses 12-19 Every creature, every business, any way serviceable to our comfort, God makes to be so; he makes that work for us which seemed to make against us. They had been slaves of sin and Satan; but by the Divine grace they were taught to look to be set free from all former masters. The cause opposed to God and his kingdom will sink at last. See our need of afflictions. Before, prayer came drop by drop; now they pour it out, it comes now like water…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15This verse is a confident expression of thanks for God’s blessings. In Isaiah’s time, during King Hezekiah’s prosperous reign, the borders of the nation of Israel were extended, and people gave glory to God for his great deeds.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. hast--prophetical preterite (Is 9:3). hast removed ... far ... ends of ... earth--rather, "Thou hast extended far all the borders of the land" [Vitringa].Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 26:15

• God
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Ends of the Earth
• Delivery
• Indignation
• Judgment
• Far; Farther
• Glorify
• Intercession
• Isaiah
• 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