English Standard Version
Isaiah 26:2
2Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.
Isaiah 26:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
- New International Version (NIV)Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Open the gates, That the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Open the gates to all who are righteous; allow the faithful to enter.
Context of Isaiah 26:2
1In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in. 3You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. 4Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
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פִּתְח֖וּ שְׁעָרִ֑ים וְיָבֹ֥א גוֹי־צַדִּ֖יק שֹׁמֵ֥ר אֱמֻנִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 26:2
- Isaiah 60:11Your gates shall be open continually; day and night they shall not be shut, that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations, with their kings led in procession.
- Isaiah 62:10Go through, go through the gates; prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway; clear it of stones; lift up a signal over the peoples.
- Psalms 118:20This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it.
- Ezekiel 48:31three gates, the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, and the gate of Levi, the gates of the city being named after the tribes of Israel.
- Zechariah 8:20"Thus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, even the inhabitants of many cities.
- Acts 2:47praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
- Revelation 21:24By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it,
- Isaiah 60:21Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified.
- Exodus 19:6and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel."
- Deuteronomy 4:6Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'
- Psalms 106:5that I may look upon the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.
- 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
- 2 Peter 3:13But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
- Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation,
- Jude 1:3Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.
Commentaries on Isaiah 26:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The righteous nation - The converted Gentiles shall have the gates opened - a full entrance into all the glories and privileges of the Gospel; being fellow heirs with the converted Jews. The Jewish peculiarity is destroyed, for the middle wall of partition is broken down. The truth - The Gospel itself - as the fulfillment of all the ancient types, shadows, and ceremonies; and therefore termed the truth, in opposition to all those shadowy rites and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Open ye the gates - This is probably the language of a chorus responding to the sentiment in Isaiah 26:1. The captive people are returning; and this cry is made that the gates of the city may be thrown open, and that they may be permitted to enter without obstruction (compare Psalm 24:7, Psalm 24:9; Psalm 118:19). That the righteous nation which keepeth the truth - Who, during their long captivity and contact with pagan nations, have not apostatized from…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Open access is given to all who, like God and his Messiah, are righteous and faithful. The citizens of true Zion are committed to the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Address of the returning people to the gates of Jerusalem (type of the heavenly city, He 12:22); (Psa 24:7, 9; 118:19). Antitypically (Re 22:14; 21:25, 27). righteous nation--that had not apostatized during the captivity. Horsley translates, "The nation of the Just One," namely, the Jews.Read the comment
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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
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