They sang with praise and thanksgiving to the Lord: ‘For he is good; his faithful love to Israel endures for ever.’ Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord because the foundation of the Lord’s house had been laid.
Isaiah 26:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city. Salvation is established as walls and ramparts. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition IN THAT day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; [the Lord] sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible On that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: Ours is a strong city! God makes salvation its walls and ramparts. Catholic Public Domain Version In that day, this canticle will be sung in the land of Judah. Within it will be set the city of our strength: Zion, a savior, a wall with a bulwark. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version IN that day shall this canticle be sung the land of Juda. Sion, the city of our strength: a Saviour, a wall and a bulwark shall be set therein. |
They sang with praise and thanksgiving to the Lord: ‘For he is good; his faithful love to Israel endures for ever.’ Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord because the foundation of the Lord’s house had been laid.
On that day you will say: ‘I will give thanks to you, Lord, although you were angry with me. Your anger has turned away, and you have comforted me.
Wail, you gates! Cry out, city! Tremble with fear, all Philistia! For a cloud of dust is coming from the north, and there is no one missing from the invader’s ranks.
The pride of mankind will be humbled, and human loftiness will be brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
On that day people will throw their worthless idols of silver and gold, which they made to worship, to the moles and the bats.
On that day it will be said, ‘Look, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he has saved us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him. Let’s rejoice and be glad in his salvation.’
Like hovering birds, so the Lord of Armies will protect Jerusalem; by protecting it, he will rescue it; by passing over it, he will deliver it.
His rock will pass away because of fear, and his officers will be afraid because of the signal flag. This is the Lord’s declaration #– #whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high; he has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
There will be times of security for you – a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.
On that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
I will sing about the one I love, a song about my loved one’s vineyard: The one I love had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
I will give them, in my house and within my walls, a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give each of them an everlasting name that will never be cut off.
Violence will never again be heard of in your land; devastation and destruction will be gone from your borders. You will call your walls Salvation and your city gates Praise.
Go out, go out through the city gates; prepare a way for the people! Build it up, build up the road; clear away the stones! Raise a banner for the peoples.
Look, the Lord has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, ‘Say to Daughter Zion: Look, your salvation is coming, his wages are with him, and his reward accompanies him.’
a sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride, and the voice of those saying, Give thanks to the Lord of Armies, for the Lord is good; his faithful love endures for ever as they bring thanksgiving sacrifices to the temple of the Lord. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as in former times, says the Lord.
Now there was a wall surrounding the outside of the temple. The measuring rod in the man’s hand was six units of 53 centimetres; each unit was the standard length plus 8 centimetres. He measured the thickness of the wall structure; it was 3.2 metres, and its height was the same.
The declaration of the Lord: ‘I myself will be a wall of fire round it, and I will be the glory within it.’
For look, I am raising my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me.
And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.