Isaiah 26:1

Isaiah 26:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
• New International Version (NIV)In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.

Context of Isaiah 26:1

In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. 2Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. 3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

Isaiah 26:1 word by word

בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא יוּשַׁ֥ר הַשִּׁיר־הַזֶּ֖ה בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֑ה עִ֣יר עָז־לָ֔נוּ יְשׁוּעָ֥ה יָשִׁ֖ית חוֹמ֥וֹת וָחֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

• In that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• shall this songשִׁירshîyr shîyrâh · songH7892
• be sungשִׁירshîyr shûr · to singH7891
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• We have a strongעֹז‛ôz ‛ôz · strengthH5797
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• salvationיְשׁוּעָהyeshû‛âh · salvationH3444
• appointשִׁיתshîyth · to set: makeH7896
• wallsחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• and bulwarksחֵלchêyl chêl · rampartH2426

Cross-references for Isaiah 26:1

• Isaiah 5:1Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
• Isaiah 27:1In that day Yhwh with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
• Exodus 15:2Yah is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
• Numbers 21:17Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
• Judges 5:1Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
• 2 Samuel 22:1And David spake unto Yhwh the words of this song in the day that Yhwh had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
• Jeremiah 33:11The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise Yhwh of Armies: for Yhwh is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of Yhwh. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith Yhwh.
• Ephesians 5:19Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
• Revelation 19:1And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
• Ezra 3:11And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto Yhwh; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yhwh, because the foundation of the house of Yhwh was laid.
• Psalms 137:3For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
• Isaiah 60:18Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
• Isaiah 62:11Behold, Yhwh hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
• Psalms 31:21Blessed be Yhwh: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
• Psalms 48:12Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
• Zechariah 2:5For I, saith Yhwh, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

Commentaries on Isaiah 26:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1We have a strong city - In opposition to the city of the enemy, which God hath destroyed, Isaiah 25:1-12; (note). See the note there. Salvation - for walls and bulwarks - וחל חומת chomsoth vachel, walls and redoubts, or the walls and the ditch. חל chel properly signifies the ditch or trench without the wall; see Kimchi. The same rabbin says, This song refers to the time of salvation, i.e., the days of the Messiah.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1In that day shall this song be sung - By the people of God, on their restoration to their own land. We have a strong city - Jerusalem. This does not mean that it was then strongly fortified, but that God would guard it, and that thus it would be strong. Jerusalem was easily capable of being strongly fortified Psalm 25:2; but the idea here is, that Yahweh would be a protector, and that this would constitute its strength. Salvation will God appoint for…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The Divine mercies encourage to confidence in God. (Is. 26:1-4) His judgments. (Is. 26:5-11) His people exhorted to wait upon Him. (Is. 26:12-19) Deliverance promised. (Is. 26:20,21) Verses 1-4 "That day," seems to mean when the New Testament Babylon shall be levelled with the ground. The unchangeable promise and covenant of the Lord are the walls of the church of God. The gates of this city shall be open. Let sinners then be encouraged to join to the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1The city refers to Zion, the eternal city of God, where the Lord is present to protect and bless his people (see Isaiah 1:8, 27; see also Psalm 46). Zion stands in direct contrast with the "fortified towns" of the nations (Isaiah 25:2; 26:5), which are helpless and reduced to "a heap of rubble." The walls of God's salvation protectively enclose his people. No one can harm them again.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-21As the overthrow of the apostate faction is described in the twenty-fifth chapter, so the peace of the faithful is here described under the image of a well-fortified city. 1. strong city--Jerusalem, strong in Jehovah's protection: type of the new Jerusalem (Psa 48:1-3), contrasted with the overthrow of the ungodly foe (Is 26:4-7, 12-14; Re 22:2, 10-12, &c.). salvation ... walls--(Is 60:18; Jr 3:23; Zec 2:5). Maurer translates, "Jehovah makes His help…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 26:1

• Bulwark
• Faith
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Salvation

In the dictionaries

• God
• Judah
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• That Day
• Bulwarks
• Delivery
• Indignation
• Judgment

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