KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Isaiah 26:1
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.
WEB World English Bible
In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.
ASV American Standard Version
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
In that day sung is this song in the land of Judah: ‘We have a strong city, Salvation He doth make walls and bulwark.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 26
1 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.
2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
3 Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]: because he trusteth in thee.
4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH [is] everlasting strength:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
בַּיּ֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַה֔וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itיוּשַׁ֥רH7891 · shirto singהַשִּׁיר־H7892 · shirsongהַזֶּ֖הH2088 · zehthisבְּאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetיְהוּדָ֑הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahעִ֣ירH5892 · irexcitementעָז־H5794 · azstrongלָ֔נוּH9035 · nuusיְשׁוּעָ֥הH3444 · ye.shu.ahsalvationיָשִׁ֖יתH7896 · shitto set: makeחוֹמ֥וֹתH2346 · cho.mahwallוָחֵֽל׃H2426 · chelrampart
Cross-references
Isaiah 62:11Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward [is] with him, and his work before him.Isaiah 60:18Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.Zechariah 2:5For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.Ephesians 5:19-20Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;Psalm 31:21Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.Isaiah 25:9And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this [is] our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this [is] the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.Jeremiah 33:11The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD [is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: [and] of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.Isaiah 27:1-2In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that [is] in the sea.Psalm 48:12Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.2 Samuel 22:1-51And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:Numbers 21:17Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:Exodus 15:2-21The LORD [is] my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he [is] my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.Ezra 3:11And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because [he is] good, for his mercy [endureth] for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.Isaiah 2:20In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made [each one] for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;Revelation 21:12-22And had a wall great and high, [and] had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are [the names] of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:Isaiah 24:21-23And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones [that are] on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.Judges 5:1-31Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
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