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.

King James Version · Read in your translation · Open the Explore console

Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Come	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
people	עַמִּי֙ 'a.Mi	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
enter	בֹּ֣א bo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
chambers	בַחֲדָרֶ֔יךָ va.cha.da.Rei.kha	H2315	an apartment (usually literal) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
shut	וּֽסְגֹ֥ר u.se.Gor	H5462	to shut up · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
doors	דְּלָתְךָ֖ de.la.tei.kha	H1817	something swinging · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
hide	חֲבִ֥י cha.Vi	H2247	to secrete · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
little	כִמְעַט khim.'at-	H4592	a little or few (often adverbial or compar.) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
moment	רֶ֖גַע Re.ga'	H7281	a wink (of the eyes) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
indignation	זָֽעַם Za.'am	H2195	strictly froth at the mouth · noun, common masculine singular absolute
overpast	יַעֲבָר ya.'a.Vor	H5674	to cross over · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Psalms 27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a roc…
Isaiah 54:7-8 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
Matthew 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father…
Psalms 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Psalms 17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 26:20–end

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 of this. Of whereas, in the foregoing song, the people of God had spoken to him, complaining of their grievances, here he returns an answer to their complaints, in which, I. He invites them into their chambers (Isa 26:20): "Come, my people, come to me, come with me" (he calls them nowhere but where he himself will accompany them); "let the storm that disperses others bring you nearer together. Come, and enter into thy chambers; stay not abroad, lest you be caught in the storm, as the Egyptians…

Read the whole note in the console

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 26:20

enter . . . chambers--When God is about to take vengeance on the ungodly, the saints shall be shut in by Him in a place of safety, as Noah and his family were in the days of the flood (Gen 7:16), and as Israel was commanded not to go out of doors on the night of the slaying of the Egyptian first-born (Exo 12:22-23; Psa 31:20; Psa 83:3). The saints are calmly and confidently to await the issue (Exo 14:13-14).

John Gill on Isaiah 26:20

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 son…

Read the whole note in the console

John Calvin on Isaiah 26:20

The Church Fathers

He builds, therefore, the ark and makes in it nests, that is, certain storerooms, in which animals of diverse kinds may be received. Of which the prophet also says: "Go, my people, enter into your storerooms, hide yourself for a little while, until the fury of my wrath passes by." This people, then, which is saved in the Church, is compared to all those, whether men or animals, which were saved in the ark.
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON GENESIS 2.3

All the generations from Adam to this day have passed away; but those who were made perfect in charity by the grace of God live among the saints; and they shall be made manifest at the judgment of the kingdom of Christ. For it is written, "Enter into your chamber a little while, until my wrath and anger pass, and I remember the good day and will raise you up out of your graves."
— Clement of Rome, 1 CLEMENT 50

Certainly there are two things that make us hope for the bliss of the just and the end of all suffering: death and the resurrection from the dead. In death is rest, as the prophet says, "My people, enter into your chambers, hide yourself a little until the indignation of the Lord pass away." But in the resurrection there is perfect happiness in the whole person, that is, in flesh and spirit. Consequently we are not to think that both of these are to be marked by the labor of fasting but rather by the rejoicing of refreshment.
— Augustine of Hippo, LETTER 36

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Chamber — “on the wall,” which the Shunammite prepared for the prophet Elisha (2 Kings 4:10), was an upper chamber over the porch through the hall toward the street. This was the “guest chamber” where…
Anger Of God, The · Tempered with mercy to saints — Tempered with mercy to saints
Faith · ENJOINE — ENJOINE
Houses · Divided into apartments — Divided into apartments
Judgments · Saints: Preserved during — Saints: Preserved during
Persecution · OF THE RIGHTEOUS — OF THE RIGHTEOUS

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 26:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 26:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 26:20

John Gill on Isaiah 26:20

John Calvin on Isaiah 26:20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 26:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 26:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 26:20

John Gill on Isaiah 26:20

John Calvin on Isaiah 26:20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 26:20–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 26:20

Rashi on Isaiah 26:20