Isaiah Chapter 26

A song of confidence in God

26:1 On that day this song shall be sung in the land of Judahיְהוּדָה‎
Modern: Yəhūda, Tiberian: Yŭhūḏā), literally “thanksgiving” or “praise,” is the noun form of the root Y-D-H (ידה), “to thank” or “to praise. The fourth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah. Also referring to the tribe of Judah or The Kingdom of Judah later referred to as Judea For more info click here;

We have a strong city;  He will grant salvationיְשׁוּעָה‎
Transliteration:yᵊšûʿâ – Pronunciation: yesh-oo’-aw – feminine passive participle of יָשַׁע something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity:—deliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfareFor more info click here to its high walls and outer wall.
26:2 Y’all open the gates, so that the righteousצַדִּיק‎
Transliteration ṣadîq Pronunciation tsad-deek’ To do what is right Tzadik is also the root of the word tzedakah (‘charity’, literally ‘righteousness’). For more info click here nation that keeper of the faith
may enter.
26:3 You will keep him in peaceשָׁלוֹם‎
Transliteration šālôm Pronunciation shaw-lome’ shalom – completeness, soundness, welfare, peace, be well, prosperity For more info click here, peaceשָׁלוֹם‎
Transliteration šālôm Pronunciation shaw-lome’ shalom – completeness, soundness, welfare, peace, be well, prosperity For more info click here whose imagination relies [on You]: because he trusts in You.
26:4 Y’all trust in YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here forever: because in YAHבְּיָהּ‎
Pronunciation:yaw Yah (Yahweh in the shortened form) – the proper name of the one true God For more info click here YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here is strength:
26:5 For he has humbled those that live on high [in] the exalted city, He has lowered it; He has lowered it, He lowered to the ground; He brought it to the dust.
26:6 It is trampled underfoot, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.
26:7 The way of the righteous is uprightness: O upright one, You make the path of the righteous level.
26:8 Yes, on the path of Your judgments, O YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here, we put our hope in You; the longing of [our] soulנֶפֶשׁ
Transliteration: nep̄eš Pronunciation:neh’-fesh feminine noun Meaning: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion For more info click here is to Your Name, and to the recollection of You.
26:9 With my soul נֶפֶשׁ
Transliteration: nep̄eš Pronunciation:neh’-fesh feminine noun Meaning: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion For more info click here yearned for You during the night; as long as my Spiritרוּחַ
Transliteration: rûaḥ Pronunciation: roo’-akh feminine noun Meaning: wind, breath, mind, spirit For more info click here is in me will I seek You out: for when Your judgments are against the land, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
26:10 Although mercy is shown to the wicked,  he doesn’t learn righteousness: He acts with corruptness in the land of uprightness, and doesn’t see the magnificence of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here.
26:11 YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here, when your hand is raised, they don’t see it* They believe everything happens by chance not by God’s intervention – From the Artscroll English Tanach: May they see Your zeal for Your people, and be ashamed; and let the flame of Your enemies consume them.
26:12 YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here, you will arrange peaceשָׁלוֹם‎
Transliteration šālôm Pronunciation shaw-lome’ shalom – completeness, soundness, welfare, peace, be well, prosperity For more info click here for us: even as You brought about whatever has happened to us.
26:13 O YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here our Elohim אֱלֹהֵינוּ
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word is Elohim for more info on the word click here, other lords beside you have ruled over us: But we acknowledge only Your name.
26:14 [They are] dead, they don’t live; never to rise: Because have you punished and destroyed them, and wiped out all memory of them.
26:15 You have increased the nation לַגּוֹי ‎
Transliteration: gôy Pronunciation: go’-ee – masculine noun, proper masculine noun (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people. For more info click here, O YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here, you have increased the nationלַגּוֹי‎
Transliteration: gôy Pronunciation: go’-ee – masculine noun, proper masculine noun (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people. For more info click here: by whom you are honored: [event] when You distanced them unto all the ends of the earth* Israel honors You even when its sins force You to exile them to the ends of the earth – From the Artscroll English Tanach.
26:16 YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here, in trouble have they returned You, they poured out a prayer when Your correction was on them.
26:17 Like a pregnant woman, close to giving giving birth, is in pain, [and] cries out in her pain; so have we been in your sight,  O YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here.
26:18 We were pregnant and ready to give birth. But we could only give birth to wind; Salvation יְשׁוּעָה‎
Transliteration:yᵊšûʿâ – Pronunciation: yesh-oo’-aw – feminine passive participle of יָשַׁע something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity:—deliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare For more info click here wasn’t accomplish in the land; and the [wicked]  that live on the earth didn’t fall.
26:19 May Your dead be restored to life, together with my dead body shall they rise. Awake and sing, ya’ll that rest in ashes: because your dew is* Just as Your dew revives plants, so You will send a “dew” that will revive the dead (Radak) – From the Artscroll English Tanach like the dew of herbs, and the earth shall give birth to those long dead.

A warning to wait for His coming

26:20 Come, my people, go into your rooms, and close your doors behind you: hide yourselves for a little while, until the rage is over.
26:21 For, see, YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here comes out of his place to punish the people that live on the earth for their sin: the earth shall reveal her blood, and shall no longer cover over its dead* In the Biblical idiom, murder that goes unavenged is described as “blood covered up by the earth.” Now, when God punishes evildoers, all the innocent blood will be “uncovered” by the earth (Radak). – From the Artscroll English Tanach.