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 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 have been with child, we have been in pain; We have, as it were, brought forth wind; We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth, Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen. 19Your dead shall live; Together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead. 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. 21For behold, the Lord comes out of His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; The earth will also disclose her blood, And will no more 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 to Me, My people; And give ear to Me, O My nation: For law will proceed from Me, And I will make My justice rest As a light of the peoples.
• Jeremiah 7:23But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’
• Jeremiah 31:14I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance, And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord.”
• Isaiah 32:18My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation, In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,
• Genesis 7:1Then the Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.
• Exodus 12:22And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning.
• Psalms 32:7You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
• Psalms 91:4He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
• Proverbs 18:10The name of the Lord is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe.
• Ezekiel 11:15“Son of man, your brethren, your relatives, your countrymen, and all the house of Israel in its entirety, are those about whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Get far away from the Lord; this land has been given to us as a possession.’
• Matthew 23:37“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
• Matthew 6:6But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
• Psalms 17:8Keep me as the apple of Your eye; Hide me under the shadow of Your wings,
• Psalms 27:5For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.
• Psalms 31:20You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence From the plots of man; You shall keep them secretly in a pavilion From the strife of tongues.
• Psalms 143:9Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies; In You I take shelter.

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