Isaiah 26:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth faith may enter in.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פִּתְח֖וּ שְׁעָרִ֑ים וְיָבֹ֥א גוֹי־צַדִּ֖יק שֹׁמֵ֥ר אֱמֻנִֽים׃

Transliteration

Pitḥû šeʿārîm weyābōʾ gôy-ṣaddîq šōmēr ʾĕmûnîm.

Grammar Details

• *Pitḥû*: qal imperative masculine plural - 'open!'
• *šeʿārîm*: masculine plural noun - 'gates'
• *weyābōʾ*: conjunction with qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'so that may enter'
• *gôy-ṣaddîq*: masculine singular construct with adjective - 'righteous nation'
• *šōmēr*: qal participle masculine singular construct - 'keeping/preserving'
• *ʾĕmûnîm*: masculine plural noun - 'faithfulness/fidelity'

Word Meanings

• *šōmēr*: keeper/guardian/preserver/observer
• *ʾĕmûnîm*: faithfulness/fidelity/truth/trustworthiness/loyalty

Referenced Verses

• Isa 60:11 : 11 Thy gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive.
• Isa 60:21 : 21 Thy people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
• Isa 62:2 : 2 And the nations shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory, and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of Jehovah shall name.
• Isa 62:10 : 10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up an ensign for the peoples.
• Ps 118:20 : 20 This is the gate of Jehovah; The righteous shall enter into it.
• Isa 54:14 : 14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near thee.
• Acts 2:47 : 47 praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were saved.
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a {G1519} people for [God's] own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
• Rev 21:24 : 24 And the nations {G4982} shall walk amidst the light thereof: and the kings of the earth bring their glory {G2532} {G5092} into it.
• 2 Pet 3:13 : 13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein {G3739} dwelleth righteousness.
• Jude 1:3 : 3 Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.
• Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood [men] of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
• Isa 58:8 : 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of Jehovah shall by thy rearward.
• Exod 19:6 : 6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
• Deut 4:6-8 : 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. 7 For what great nation is there, that hath a god so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is whensoever we call upon him? 8 And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
• Ps 106:5 : 5 That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, That I may glory with thine inheritance.
• Ezek 48:31-34 : 31 and the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one. 32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred [reeds], and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one. 33 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred [reeds] by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one. 34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred [reeds], with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.
• Zech 8:20 : 20 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: [It shall] yet [come to pass], that there shall come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;