Isaiah 26:13 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 26:13

O LORD our God, other lords besides You have had dominion, but Your name alone do we confess.

BSB

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ASV

O Jehovah our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

KJV

O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

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Commentary

3 voices

Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

Discourses Against the Arians 2.15.14 (373)

For the Son of God indeed, being himself the Word, is Lord of all. But we once were subject from the first to the slavery of corruption and the curse of the law. Then by degrees fashioning for ourselves things that were not, we served, as says the blessed apostle, "them which by nature are no gods." Ignorant of the true God, we preferred things that were not to the truth.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us,.... Sin and Satan have the dominion over the Lord's people, in a state of unregeneracy; before the good work of grace is wrought in them, every lust is a lord, and is served and obeyed: and Satan is the god of this world by usurpation, and leads men captive at his will. Some think that the idols the Jews had served and worshipped, called "Baalim" or lords, are meant, and that this is a confession of their sin; but that word is not here used.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Other lords beside thee have had dominion - The allusion here is to the kings of Babylon who had subdued and oppressed them, and who in their long captivity had held them in subjection to their laws. But by thee only will we make mention of thy name - This may be better rendered, ‘but only thee, thy name will we henceforward commemorate.’ The words ‘by thee,’ and ‘thy name,’ are put in apposition, and denote the same thing. The word ‘make mention’ (נזכיר nazekiyr) means literally to cause to be remembered; to commemorate; to celebrate.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	O Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ	'e.lo.Hei.nu	God our	H430 →
בְּעָל֥וּנוּ	be.'a.Lu.nu	they have ruled over us	H1166 →
אֲדֹנִ֖ים	'a.do.Nim	lords	H113 →
זֽוּלָתֶ֑ךָ	zu.la.Te.kha	except you	H2108 →
לְבַד־	le.vad-	<to> only	H905 →
בְּךָ֖	be.Kha	in you
נַזְכִּ֥יר	naz.Kir	we bring to remembrance	H2142 →
שְׁמֶֽךָ׃	she.Me.kha	name your	H8034 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Isaiah 63:7
I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great…
leads to
- Ephesians 2:4
  But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
- Psalms 86:5
  For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
- Psalms 86:15
  But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
Through
Isaiah 2:8
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
leads to
- Psalms 115:4–8
  Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
Through
2 Chronicles 12:8
Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:47–48
  Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,
- Judges 3:1
  These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
Through
Amos 6:10
And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will…
leads to
- Amos 8:3
  “In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”
- 1 Samuel 31:12
  all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Isaiah

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Isaiah