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.
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah,.... When great things shall be done: for the church and people of God; and when antichrist and all their enemies are destroyed, as mentioned in the preceding chapter Isa 25:1; then this song shall be sung expressed in this throughout; which the Targum calls a "new" song, an excellent one, as the...
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. (a) This song was made to comfort the faithful when their captivity would come, assuring them also of their deliverance, for which they should sing this song. (b) God's protection and defence will be sufficient for us.
Isa 26:1 Thus the second hymnic echo has its confirmation in a prophecy against Moab, on the basis of which a third hymnic echo now arises. Whilst on the other side, in the land of Moab, the people are trodden down, and its lofty castles demolished, the people in the land of Judah can boast of an impregnable city.