Isaiah 26:1-10 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.… I. THE GROUND OF REJOICING. Salvation; and consequently eternal security. "We have a strong city." All God's people are represented as citizens; the whole sainthood is represented as a corporate assemblage of people possessed of peculiar privileges, connected with an eternal condition, and as such are to dwell in some region of safety and bliss. Here they find not such an abode. Here they have "no continuing city, but seek one to come." And, when they shall be gathered together in the presence of their Lord, they will constitute the body to form a city. II. THE CHARACTER OF THOSE WHO ARE TO PARTAKE OF THESE BLESSINGS. "The righteous nation which keepeth the truth." (R. H. Davies.) Parallel Verses 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. |
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