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Isaiah 26:20
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Come, my people: enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doores after thee: hide thy selfe for a very litle while, vntill the indignation passe ouer.
Go, my people, enter your roomsand close your doors behind you.Hide for a little while until the wrath has passed.
Come, my people, enter you into your chambers, and shut your doors about you: hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation be past.
Come, my people, enter into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself just for a little moment, until the indignation be past.
My people, go into your rooms and lock your doors. Hide in there for a short time until God's anger is finished.
Come, my people, enter your chambers And shut your doors behind you; Hide for a little while Until the [LORD'S] wrath is past.
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
Go inside and lock the doors, my people. Hide there for a little while, until the Lord is no longer angry.
Come, my people, enter your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves for a little while until the wrath is past.
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doores about thee; hide thy selfe as it were for a little moment, vntill the indignation be ouerpast.
Go, my people, enter into thy closets, shut thy door, hide thyself for a little season, until the anger of the Lord have passed away.
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
Go, my people, enter into your chambers and shut your doors behind you; hide for a very little while, until the wrath has passed over.
Come, My people, go in your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide for a little moment, until the fury passes.
My people, go into your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide in your rooms for a short time until God's anger is finished.
Go, my people! Enter your inner rooms! Close your doors behind you! Hide for a little while, until his angry judgment is over!
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.
Go home, my people, and lock your doors! Hide yourselves for a little while until the Lord 's anger has passed.
Come, my people, go into your rooms. Close your doors behind you. Hide for a little while until God's anger is past.
Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the wrath is past.
Come my people, enter into thy chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee, - Hide thee as it were a little moment Till the indignation pass over.
Go, my people, enter into thy chambers, shut thy doors upon thee, hide thyself a little for a moment, until the indignation pass away.
Come, my people, enter into your chambers and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves as it were for a little time, until my indignation has passed away.
Go into your houses, my people, and shut the door behind you. Hide yourselves for a little while until God's anger is over.
Come, my people, enter your rooms And close your doors behind you; Hide for a little while Until indignation runs its course.
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.
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 shall be overpast.
Come my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doores about thee, hide thy selfe for a litle whyle, vntill the indignation be ouerpast.
Go thou, my puple, entre in to thi beddis, close thi doris on thee, be thou hid a litil at a moment, til indignacioun passe.
Come, My people, enter into thy inner chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee, Hide thyself shortly a moment till the indignation pass over.
Come, my people, enter you into your chambers, and shut your doors about you: hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation be past.
Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the wrath is past.
Come, my people, enter into your chambers, and shut your doors about you: hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation has passed by.
Come, my people, into your secret places, and let your doors be shut: keep yourself safe for a short time, till his wrath is over.
So go now my people in to thy chabre, and shut the doore to the, and suffre now ye twicklinge of an eye, till the wrath be ouerpast
Come, my people, go home and shut yourselves in. Go into seclusion for a while until the punishing wrath is past, Because God is sure to come from his place to punish the wrong of the people on earth. Earth itself will point out the bloodstains; it will show where the murdered have been hidden away.
Come, my people, enter into your rooms And close your doors behind you; Hide for a little while Until indignation runs its course.
Come, my people, enter into your roomsAnd close your doors behind you;Hide for a little whileUntil indignation passes by.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
my: Isaiah 51:4, Isaiah 51:16, Jeremiah 7:23, Jeremiah 31:14
enter: Isaiah 32:18, Isaiah 32:19, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:16, Exodus 12:22, Exodus 12:23, Psalms 32:7, Psalms 91:4, Proverbs 18:10, Ezekiel 11:16, Matthew 23:37
shut: Matthew 6:6
hide: Psalms 17:8, Psalms 27:5, Psalms 31:20, Psalms 143:9
for a: Isaiah 54:7, Isaiah 54:8, Psalms 30:5, Psalms 57:1, 2 Corinthians 4:17
Reciprocal: Genesis 6:18 - come Deuteronomy 4:4 - General 2 Kings 4:4 - thou shalt shut 2 Chronicles 18:24 - into an inner chamber Job 14:13 - until Psalms 94:13 - mayest Proverbs 14:26 - his Proverbs 22:3 - prudent Proverbs 27:12 - General Isaiah 3:10 - Say ye Isaiah 4:4 - have purged Isaiah 8:14 - he shall be Isaiah 27:4 - Fury Isaiah 32:2 - an hiding Isaiah 35:4 - behold Jeremiah 36:26 - but Jeremiah 51:35 - The violence Daniel 12:1 - there shall Habakkuk 3:16 - that I Zephaniah 2:3 - hid Zechariah 2:13 - for Malachi 3:17 - and I Matthew 24:6 - see Hebrews 10:37 - General Revelation 6:11 - that they Revelation 7:3 - till
Cross-References
When Abraham reproved Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech's servants had seized,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers,.... These words are either to be connected with the preceding verse
Isaiah 26:19, and considered as a part of the song; and then the design of them is, to let the people of God know that there would be times of great trouble and distress, previous to that glorious one before mentioned; whether it is to be understood of a spiritual resurrection, the conversion of Jews and Gentiles in the latter day, which the judgments on antichrist will antecede, Revelation 19:2 or of the first resurrection, upon the coming of Christ, Daniel 12:1 and therefore should expect such a time of trouble, and concern themselves for shelter and security: or else, the song being finished, as is generally thought; in the last verse Isaiah 26:19, these words begin a new subject, and should a new chapter, in which it is foretold what punishment would be inflicted on a wicked world; and therefore, to comfort the Lord's people that should dwell among them, and to let them know what provision was made for their retreat and safety, and where they might be secure during the storm, these words are delivered out; in which the Lord addresses his people in a very kind and tender manner, claiming an interest in them, and expressing great affection for them, and concern for their welfare: "my people", whom I have loved with an everlasting love, chosen to be a special people above all people, made a covenant with them in my Son, and redeemed them by his blood, and called them by my Spirit and grace; "come", away from the wicked, be separate from them, have no fellowship with them; much the same with that in Revelation 18:4 and referring to the same time, "come out of her, my people", c. or "come" to me, who have been the dwelling place of my people in all generations, a strong habitation, to which they may continually resort, Psalms 90:1 or "come" along with me, I will lead you to a place where you may be safe as he did Noah and his family into the ark, to which there may be an allusion, Genesis 7:1,
enter thou into thy chambers; alluding to persons abroad in the fields, who, when they perceive a storm coming, make haste home, and get into their houses, and into the more retired and safer parts of them, till it is over; or to the Israelites, who kept within the doors, while the destroying angel passed through the land of Egypt; or to Rahab and her family being within her house, when Jericho was destroyed: these "chambers" may be taken literally for places of prayer and devotion; prayer being very proper to have recourse unto in times of trouble, and which as it should be performed by single persons privately, Matthew 6:6 which text is a comment on this; and perhaps respect may be had to the manner of the performance of it by societies, in times of great persecution; so it is the safety of God's people; and there is nothing better for them, in times of trouble, than to commit themselves to God in prayer, and to his divine protection: and it may be that God himself, and the perfections of his nature, are here meant by "chambers"; his name is a strong tower, whither the righteous run and are safe, Proverbs 18:10 and every perfection in him is as a chamber in this tower, where the saints betaking themselves may securely lodge, till the trouble is over; as the everlasting love of God, which changes not, and therefore the sons of Jacob are not consumed; the faithfulness of God, in his covenant and promises, which never fails; and his power, in which they are kept, as in a garrison, 1 Peter 1:5 and these chambers may not be unfitly applied to Christ and to his blood and righteousness, who is a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, a strong hold for prisoners of hope; in whose person are rest, peace, and safety in the midst of trouble; whose righteousness secures from condemnation and wrath; and not good works, as the Targum, which it says will protect in a time of distress; but the righteousness of Christ will, as also his precious blood; which was typified by the blood of the passover lamb, sprinkled on the door posts of the Israelites, whereby they were preserved by the destroying angel; and was signified by the scarlet thread in Rahab's window, the token by which her house was known, and so all in it saved. The general design of the words is to exhort the people of God to a composed and tranquil state of mind; to calmness, quietness, and rest, while the judgments of God were upon the earth; to be still and easy, whatever hurly burleys there were in the world; to commit themselves to God, and look upon themselves safe and secure, under his providence and protection. Some of the ancients, by "chambers", understand the graves, and not amiss; especially if the words are to be considered in connection with the preceding, thus, since the dead saints will arise as sure as Christ is risen, and in like manner as he, and those that sleep in the dust of the earth will awake and sing, then do not be afraid of death and the grave; enter here, as into your bedchambers; where, being taken away from the evil to come, you will enter into peace, lie down and rest on your beds, in the utmost secrecy and safety, until the resurrection morn; while storms of divine wrath fall upon a wicked and ungodly world; see Isaiah 57:1:
and shut thy doors about thee; a phrase expressive of safety and secrecy, and may be applied to the several things above mentioned:
hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast; not the indignation of Satan, or of wicked persecutors against the saints, but the indignation of God; and that not upon his own people, or on the Jewish nation, but on a wicked world; not in hell, for that will be everlasting, and never over, and much less be only for a little moment; but as it will be in time, and fall upon all the nations of the world, and especially the Romish antichrist, and the antichristian states; and refers chiefly to the seven vials of God's wrath, which will be poured forth upon them; which, when they begin, will soon be over; see Isaiah 34:2 and so will be the burning of the world, the last instance of God's indignation on earth, it will soon be at an end; and, in the meanwhile, the saints will be with Christ in the air; and those troubles, in which the people will be involved before happy times come, will be very short; as indeed all their afflictions are but for a moment, a little moment; the temptation that will come upon all the earth, to try the inhabitants of it, will be but an hour; and the slaying of the witnesses, and their lying slain, will be but three days and a half; this time of trouble will be shortened for the elect's sake, Matthew 24:21 compare with this Psalms 57:1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Come, 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 overthrown. While that storm raged, they were exhorted to be calm and serene.
Enter thou into thy chambers - Into places of retirement, where the storm of indignation on your enemies shall not reach or affect you.
Hide thyself as it were ... - Do not mingle in the scenes of battle, lest you should partake of the general calamity.
For a little moment - Implying that the war would not rage long. Babylon was taken in a single night (see the notes at Isaiah 13:0; Isaiah 14:0), and the call here is for the people of God to be calm while this battle should rage in which the city should be taken.
Until the indignation ... - Not, as Lowth supposes, the indignation of God against his people, but the storm of his indignation against their enemies the Babylonians. That would be soon ‘overpast,’ the city would be taken, the storms of war would cease to rage, and then they would be delivered, and might safely return to their own land.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Isaiah 26:20. Come, 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 passage of the Red Sea: "Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of JEHOVAH. JEHOVAH shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace," Exodus 14:13-14.
