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Isaiah 26:20

Isaiah 26:20
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers,.... These words are either to be connected with the preceding verse Isa 26:19, and considered as a part of the song; and then the design of them is, to…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 26:20-21

These two verses are supposed not to belong to the song which takes up the rest of the chapter, but to begin a new matter, and to be rather an introduction to the following chapter than the conclusion…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Isaiah 26:20-21

The storm of judgment is about to burst on the world, but it will be of short duration; let the people seclude themselves in the privacy of their chambers and wait for a glorious salvation (cf. Zep…