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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Go home, my people, and lock your doors! Hide yourselves for a little while until the Lord’s anger has passed.

Context of Isaiah 26:20

18We were with child, we writhed in labor, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth, and the people of the world have not come to life. 19But your dead will live, Lord; their bodies will rise— let those who dwell in the dust wake up and shout for joy— your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead. Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by. 21See, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed on it; the earth will conceal its slain no longer.

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 to me, my people; hear me, my nation: Instruction will go out from me; my justice will become a light to the nations.
• Jeremiah 7:23but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in obedience to all I command you, that it may go well with you.
• Jeremiah 31:14I will satisfy the priests with abundance, and my people will be filled with my bounty,” declares the Lord.
• Isaiah 32:18My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.
• Genesis 7:1The Lord then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
• Exodus 12:22Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning.
• Psalms 32:7You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.
• Psalms 91:4He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
• Proverbs 18:10The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
• Ezekiel 11:15“Son of man, the people of Jerusalem have said of your fellow exiles and all the other Israelites, ‘They are far away from the Lord; this land was given to us as our possession.’
• Matthew 23:37“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.
• Matthew 6:6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
• Psalms 17:8Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings
• Psalms 27:5For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock.
• Psalms 31:20In the shelter of your presence you hide them from all human intrigues; you keep them safe in your dwelling from accusing tongues.
• Psalms 143:9Rescue me from my enemies, Lord, for I hide myself 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