Open ye the gates of the city, mentioned Isaiah 26:1. The righteous nation; either,
1. Those godly Jews who are returning from Babylon; or,
2. The whole body of righteous and holy men, whether Jews or Gentiles. For he seems to speak here, as he apparently did in the foregoing chapter, of the times of the gospel. Which keepeth the truth; which is sincere and stedfast in the profession and practice of the true religion.