Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
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Gill's Exposition
Open ye the gates,.... Not of Jerusalem, literally understood, nor of heaven; rather of the New Jerusalem, whose gates are described, Rev 21:12 at least of the church in the latter day; the gates or…
Barnes' Notes
Open ye the gates - This is probably the language of a chorus responding to the sentiment in Isa 26:1. The captive people are returning; and this cry is made that the gates of the city may be thrown…
To the prophecies of gospel grace very fitly is a song annexed, in which we may give God the glory and take to ourselves the comfort of that grace: In that day, the gospel day, which the day of the…
Cambridge Bible
Comp. Psa 118:19-20; Rev 22:14. "Truth" here means "troth," fidelity (Deu 32:20).
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