New English Translation
Isaiah 26:13
13O Lord, our God, masters other than you have ruled us, but we praise your name alone.
Isaiah 26:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
- New International Version (NIV)Lord our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honor.
- English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone we bring to remembrance.
- New King James Version (NKJV)O Lord our God, masters besides You Have had dominion over us; But by You only we make mention of Your name.
Context of Isaiah 26:13
11O Lord, you are ready to act, but they don’t even notice. They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind, yes, fire will consume your enemies. 12O Lord, you make us secure, for even all we have accomplished, you have done for us. O Lord, our God, masters other than you have ruled us, but we praise your name alone. 14The dead do not come back to life, the spirits of the dead do not rise. That is because you came in judgment and destroyed them, you wiped out all memory of them. 15You have made the nation larger, O Lord, you have made the nation larger and revealed your splendor, you have extended all the borders of the land.
Read all of Isaiah 26Isaiah 26:13 word by word
יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ בְּעָל֥וּנוּ אֲדֹנִ֖ים זֽוּלָתֶ֑ךָ לְבַד־בְּךָ֖ נַזְכִּ֥יר שְׁמֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 26:13
- Isaiah 51:22This is what your sovereign master, the Lord your God, says: “Look, I have removed from your hand the cup of intoxicating wine, the goblet full of my anger. You will no longer have to drink it.
- 2 Chronicles 12:8Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations.”
- John 8:32and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
- Romans 6:22But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.
- Isaiah 12:4At that time you will say: “Praise the Lord! Ask him for help! Publicize his mighty acts among the nations! Make it known that he is unique!
- Joshua 23:7or associate with these nations that remain near you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! You must not worship or bow down to them!
- Amos 6:10When their close relatives, the ones who will burn the corpses, pick up their bodies to remove the bones from the house, they will say to anyone who is in the inner rooms of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” He will respond, “Be quiet! Don’t invoke the Lord’s name!”
- 1 Corinthians 4:7For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?
- Hebrews 13:15Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.
Commentaries on Isaiah 26:13
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Other lords beside thee have had dominion - The allusion here is to the kings of Babylon who had subdued and oppressed them, and who in their long captivity had held them in subjection to their laws. But by thee only will we make mention of thy name - This may be better rendered, but only thee, thy name will we henceforward commemorate.‘ The words by thee,‘ and thy name,‘ are put in apposition, and denote the same thing. The word make mention‘ (נזכיר…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. 7-21The godly pray for the end of oppression and the full establishment of God’s kingdom. Isaiah encouraged the godly to persevere as they wait for their final vindication and the resurrection of the body.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. other lords--temporal; heathen kings (2Ch 12:8; 28:5, 6), Nebuchadnezzar, &c. Spiritual also, idols and lusts (Ro 6:16-18). by thee only--It is due to Thee alone, that we again worship Thee as our Lord [Maurer]. "(We are) Thine only, we will celebrate Thy name" [Horsley]. The sanctifying effect of affliction (Psa 71:16; 119:67, 71).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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