Isaiah 26:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth. ”

Isaiah 26:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou hast increased the nation - That is, the Jewish nation (see the note at Isaiah 9:3 ). The nation was not only enlarged by its regular increase of population, but many converts attended them...
Isaiah 26:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou hast increased (o) the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed [it] far [to] all the ends of the earth. (o) That is, the company of the faithful b...
Isaiah 26:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Memories and Anticipations. The poem, which is a very elaborate composition, seems to have been written in confident expectation of deliverance, though the actual situation is still one of distress...
Isaiah 26:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the nation: i.e. Israel. The future nation of Matthew 21:43 .
Isaiah 26:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. Thou hast added to the nation. This verse is explained in various ways. Some think that the Prophet here declares that the godly are not merely oppressed by one kind of affliction, but a...
Isaiah 26:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
Isaiah 26:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou hast increased the nation— Vitringa renders the last clause of this verse, Thou hast far enlarged all the boundaries of the land. The meaning is, that God had treated his people so kindly, a...
Isaiah 26:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth. Thou hast - prophetic preterite ( Isaiah...
Isaiah 26:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Salvation, etc.] the assurance of divine protection takes the place of material bulwarks.
Isaiah 26:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thou hast increased the nation... — The nation is, if we follow this rendering, Israel, whose prosperity the prophet contrasts with the downfall of its oppressors (comp. Isaiah 9:3 ). The LXX., ho...
Isaiah 26:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXIX GOD'S POOR DATE UNCERTAIN Isaiah 25:1-12 ; Isaiah 26:1-21 ; Isaiah 27:1-13 WE have seen that no more than the faintest gleam of historical reflection brightens the obscurity of...
Isaiah 26:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Chastened by Suffering Isaiah 26:11-21 When God ordains our peace, a world in arms cannot disturb us. Our peace results from the conviction that God is going before us and preparing our works....
Isaiah 26:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Naturally following this prophecy of praise for the activity of Jehovah is the great song which will be sung in the day of Jehovah's ultimate victory. It is praise for the establishment of the city,...
Isaiah 26:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How strikingly is the conduct of wicked and unregenerate men here marked! If the Lord's hand be lifted up in judgments; though they see the judgments; yet as the Lord's judgments they see them not. A...
Isaiah 26:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation ,.... The righteous nation, Isaiah 26:2 the church of God, by the numerous conversions of Jews and Gentiles; when the nation...
Isaiah 26:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed [it] far [unto] all the ends of the earth. Ver. 15. Thou hast increased the nation,....
Isaiah 26:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou hast increased the nation Namely, the Jewish nation, which multiplied exceedingly in Egypt, and afterward in Canaan, so that they filled the land. But the prophet perhaps foretels their increa...
Isaiah 26:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Goodness of God to Israel; Israel Corrected for Sin; Prospects of the Church. B. C. 718. ...
Isaiah 26:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou hast increased the nation, Heb. Thou hast added to the nation ; which may be understood either, 1. In way of mercy, of adding to their numbers, as our translation takes it; and so we have i...
Isaiah 26:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Righteous and the Unrighteous ( Isaiah 26:5-21 ) The ways of the righteous and of the unrighteous are now compared, and their destinies contrasted. For the unrighteous the grave with its shado...
Isaiah 26:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 26:1 . In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; God would have his people to be a singing people. They often sigh; they should oftener sing. God makes their songs, and app...
Isaiah 26:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 26:1 . When Sennacherib's army was slain, the Hebrews could sing, We have a strong city; yea, a city stronger than Jerusalem. God is our refuge, a very present help in time of trouble. We a...
Isaiah 26:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord The increase of the true Israel On the first preaching of the Gospel, the Lord greatly increased the nation of them that are Israelites indeed. In follow...
Isaiah 26:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 26:1-23 A SONG OF THE REDEEMED IN MOUNT ZION . The prophet, having (in Isaiah 25:1-23 .) poured forth his own thankfulness to God for the promise of the Chur...
Isaiah 26:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Concluding Scenes from the World's History
Isaiah 26:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:46 ; 2 Kings 17:23 ; 2 Kings 17:6 ; 2 Kings 23:27 ; Deuteronomy 10:22 ; Deuteronomy 28:25 ; Deuteronomy 28:64 ; Deuteronomy 32:26 ; Deuteronomy 32:27 ; Deuteronomy 4:27 ; Deutero...
Isaiah 26:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The nation — This nation seems to be the people of Israel. Removed — Thou hast removed thy people out of their own land, and suffered them to be carried captive to the ends of the earth.

Isaiah 26:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 26:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 26:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 26:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 26:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 26:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 26:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 26:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 26:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 26:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 26:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 26:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 26:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 26:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 26:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 26:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 26:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 26:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 26:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 26:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 26:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 26:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 26:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 26:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 26:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 26:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 26:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes