Isaiah
26:1
1 In that day [yowm] shall this
song [shiyr] be sung [shiyr] in the land ['erets] of
Judah [Y@huwdah]; We have a strong [`oz] city [`iyr]; salvation [y@shuw`ah] will God appoint [shiyth]
for walls [chowmah] and bulwarks [cheyl]. KJV-Interlinear
1 In that day this song will be sung in the
land of Judah: “We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and
bulwarks. ESV
Previously we had
the promise of the foretold destruction.
Now we have the promise of the restoration.
Previously we had
the wasted city with every house shut up, and now we have prosperity restored
with comings and goings unrestricted.
Previously we had
a city with mighty walls for protection, and now we have a city with a small
wall, a mound of dirt, that is far more protective than the high and thick bulwarks
of before.
The word for bulwarks,
means a space outside of the wall, like a mound of dirt or earth built up in a
hump around the city.
The picture
portrayed here is that God will raise up a son of defense, a son of the larger
wall. The bulwarks being the son or the
outer wall, and the inner wall being the defense. The smaller wall being the protection outside
of the larger wall. The smaller being
far more superior than the larger, more permanent, more lasting, an impenetrable
wall, through or over which nothing may pass or conquer or remove.
Whereas, humanity built
large and complex structures, whether military, economic, or philosophic, and
so forth, all will fail.
And God will build
up a smaller shield, by comparison, through which nothing may penetrate.
The former city
will be destroyed and nothing will remain.
The subsequent
city will be open spaces and will remain forever.
The walls of
protection of the former, were not salvation whatsoever.
The subsequent
smaller walls, of faith, will be the real and true salvation, through and by
means of God, who is the Savior, who is Christ.
