Isaiah 26:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא יוּשַׁ֥ר הַשִּׁיר־הַזֶּ֖ה בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֑ה עִ֣יר עָז־לָ֔נוּ יְשׁוּעָ֥ה יָשִׁ֖ית חוֹמ֥וֹת וָחֵֽל׃

Transliteration

In yôm the hû yûšar the šîr-hazeh in ʾereṣ yehûdāh; ʿîr ʿāz to us, yešûʿāh yāšît ḥômôt and ḥēl.

Grammar Details

• *yôm*: masculine singular noun with definite article and preposition - 'in the day'
• *hû*: demonstrative pronoun with definite article - 'that'
• *yûšar*: hophal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'will be sung'
• *šîr-hazeh*: masculine singular noun with demonstrative and definite article - 'this song'
• *ʾereṣ*: feminine singular construct - 'land of'
• *yehûdāh*: proper noun - 'Judah'
• *ʿîr*: feminine singular construct - 'city of'
• *ʿāz*: adjective - 'strength/strong'
• *lānû*: preposition with 1st person plural suffix - 'to/for us'
• *yešûʿāh*: feminine singular noun - 'salvation'
• *yāšît*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'he will set/place'
• *ḥômôt*: feminine plural noun - 'walls'
• *wāḥēl*: conjunction with masculine singular noun - 'and rampart/bulwark'

Word Meanings

• *yûšar*: will be sung/chanted/intoned
• *ʿāz*: strength/strong/powerful/mighty
• *yešûʿāh*: salvation/deliverance/victory/help
• *yāšît*: sets/places/appoints/establishes
• *ḥēl*: rampart/bulwark/fortress/outer wall

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  On that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: 'We have a strong city; salvation will God set as walls and ramparts.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then shal this songe be sunge in the londe of Iuda: We haue a stroge citie, the walles & the ordinauce shal kepe vs.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Iudah, We haue a strong citie: saluation shal God set for walles and bulwarkes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  In that day shall this song be song in the land of Iuda, we haue a strong citie, saluation shal God appoint in steede of walles and bulwarkes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  In that day sung is this song in the land of Judah: `We have a strong city, Salvation He doth make walls and bulwark.

• 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.

• 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In that day will this song be made in the land of Judah: We have a strong town; he will make salvation our walls and towers.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Judah Will Celebrate At that time this song will be sung in the land of Judah:“We have a strong city! The LORD’s deliverance, like walls and a rampart, makes it secure.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 60:18 : 18 Violence shall no longer be heard in your land, neither wasting nor destruction within your borders; but you shall call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
• Isa 62:11 : 11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the world, Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
• Jer 33:11 : 11 The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for His mercy endures forever: and of those who shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return, as at the first, says the LORD.
• Ps 31:21 : 21 Blessed be the LORD, for he has shown me his marvelous kindness in a strong city.
• Ps 48:12 : 12 Walk about Zion, and go all around her; count her towers.
• Isa 25:9 : 9 And it will be said in that day, Behold, 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.
• Isa 27:1-2 : 1 In that day the LORD with His cruel and great and strong sword shall punish Leviathan the piercing serpent, even Leviathan that twisted serpent; and He shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. 2 In that day sing to her, A vineyard of red wine.
• Zech 2:5 : 5 For I, says the LORD, will be a wall of fire around her, and will be the glory in her midst.
• Matt 16:18 : 18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
• Eph 5:19-20 : 19 Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; 20 Giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
• Rev 19:1-7 : 1 And after these things I heard a great voice of a multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, to the Lord our God: 2 For true and righteous are His judgments: for He has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged the blood of His servants at her hand. 3 And again they said, Hallelujah. And her smoke rose up forever and ever. 4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Hallelujah. 5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all you His servants, and you that fear Him, both small and great. 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord God omnipotent reigns. 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.
• Rev 21:12-22 : 12 And had a great and high wall, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates of it, and the wall of it. 16 And the city lies four-square, and the length is as large as the width: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the width and the height of it are equal. 17 And he measured the wall of it, a hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. 18 And the construction of its wall was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. 19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; 20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each individual gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. 22 And I saw no temple in it: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
• Exod 15:2-9 : 2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him a habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. 3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. 4 Pharaoh's chariots and his army he has cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea. 5 The depths have covered them: they sank to the bottom like a stone. 6 Your right hand, O LORD, has become glorious in power: your right hand, O LORD, has dashed in pieces the enemy. 7 And in the greatness of your excellence you have overthrown those who rose against you: you sent forth your wrath, which consumed them like stubble. 8 And with the blast of your nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright like a heap, and the depths congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. 10 You blew with your wind, the sea covered them: they sank like lead in the mighty waters. 11 Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? 12 You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them. 13 In your mercy you have led forth the people whom you have redeemed: you have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation. 14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. 15 Then the chiefs of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. 16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of your arm they shall be as still as a stone; till your people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over whom you have purchased. 17 You will bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which you have made for you to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established. 18 The LORD shall reign forever and ever. 19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.
• Num 21:17 : 17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye to it:
• Judg 5:1-9 : 1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, 2 Praise the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. 3 Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes; I, even I, will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. 4 LORD, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens poured, the clouds also poured water. 5 The mountains melted before the LORD, even that Sinai, before the LORD God of Israel. 6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned, and the travelers walked through byways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. 8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates; was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? 9 My heart is with the rulers of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless the LORD. 10 Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit in judgment, and walk by the way. 11 Those who are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of His villages in Israel; then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates. 12 Awake, awake, Deborah; awake, awake, utter a song; arise, Barak, and lead your captives captive, son of Abinoam. 13 Then He made him who remains have dominion over the nobles among the people; the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty. 14 Out of Ephraim came those with roots against Amalek; after you, Benjamin, with your people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun those who handle the pen of the scribe. 15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak; he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. 16 Why did you stay among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. 17 Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan; and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued at the sea shore, and remained in his inlets. 18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people who risked their lives to the death in the high places of the field. 19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money. 20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. 21 The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, you have trodden down strength. 22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the prancing, the prancing of their mighty ones. 23 Curse Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse bitterly its inhabitants; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty. 24 Blessed above women shall Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, be; blessed shall she be above women in the tent. 25 He asked for water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a noble dish. 26 She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workman's hammer; and with the hammer she struck Sisera, she struck off his head, when she had pierced and struck through his temples. 27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down; at her feet he bowed, he fell; where he bowed, there he fell down dead. 28 The mother of Sisera looked out of a window, and cried through the lattice, 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? why do the wheels of his chariots delay?' 29 Her wise ladies answered her, yes, she returned answer to herself, 30 'Have they not found and divided the spoil? To every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, a spoil of dyed garments embroidered, dyed garments embroidered on both sides, for the necks of those who take the spoil?' 31 So let all your enemies perish, O LORD; but let those who love Him be as the sun when it comes out in its strength. And the land had rest for forty years.
• 2 Sam 22:1-9 : 1 And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day that the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: 2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; 3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence. 4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies. 5 When the waves of death surrounded me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; 6 The sorrows of hell surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me; 7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he heard my voice from his temple, and my cry entered into his ears. 8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was angry. 9 Smoke went up from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth devoured; coals were kindled by it. 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet. 11 And he rode upon a cherub, and flew: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. 12 And he made darkness canopies around him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. 13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. 14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice. 15 And he sent out arrows and scattered them; lightning, and defeated them. 16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were uncovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. 17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me: for they were too strong for me. 19 They confronted me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my support. 20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me. 22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. 24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from my iniquity. 25 Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his sight. 26 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful, and with the upright man you will show yourself upright. 27 With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the perverse you will show yourself shrewd. 28 And the afflicted people you will save: but your eyes are upon the haughty, that you may bring them down. 29 For you are my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. 30 For by you I have run through a troop: by my God I have leaped over a wall. 31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a shield to all those who trust in him. 32 For who is God, except the LORD? and who is a rock, except our God? 33 God is my strength and power: and he makes my way perfect. 34 He makes my feet like hinds' feet, and sets me upon my high places. 35 He teaches my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms. 36 You have also given me the shield of your salvation: and your gentleness has made me great. 37 You have enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. 38 I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. 39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yes, they have fallen under my feet. 40 For you have girded me with strength for battle: those who rose up against me you have subdued under me. 41 You have also given me the necks of my enemies, that I might destroy those who hate me. 42 They looked, but there was none to save; even to the LORD, but he answered them not. 43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I stamped them as the mire of the street, and spread them abroad. 44 You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people, you have kept me to be head of the nations: a people whom I knew not shall serve me. 45 Strangers shall submit themselves to me: as soon as they hear, they shall obey me. 46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid from their close places. 47 The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. 48 It is God who avenges me and brings down the people under me, 49 And who brings me forth from my enemies: you also have lifted me up on high above those who rose up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man. 50 Therefore I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the nations, and I will sing praises to your name. 51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his offspring forevermore.
• Ezra 3:11 : 11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks to the LORD; because He is good, for His mercy endures forever 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.
• Isa 2:11 : 11 The 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.
• Isa 2:20 : 20 In that day a man shall cast away 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;
• Isa 5:1 : 1 Now I will sing to my beloved a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard. My beloved has a vineyard on a very fruitful hill:
• Isa 12:1 : 1 And in that day you shall say, O LORD, I will praise you: though you were angry with me, your anger is turned away, and you comforted me.
• Isa 24:21-23 : 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones who are on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth. 22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days they shall be visited. 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his elders gloriously.
• Ps 137:3-4 : 3 For there, those who carried us away captive required of us a song; and those who wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land?