Isaiah 26:2
Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter—one that remains faithful.
BSB
ASV
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth faith may enter in.
KJV
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
The righteous nation - The converted Gentiles shall have the gates opened - a full entrance into all the glories and privileges of the Gospel; being fellow heirs with the converted Jews. The Jewish peculiarity is destroyed, for the middle wall of partition is broken down. The truth - The Gospel itself - as the fulfillment of all the ancient types, shadows, and ceremonies; and therefore termed the truth, in opposition to all those shadowy rites and ceremonies. “The law was given by Moses; but grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ; “Joh 1:17, and see the note there.
Address of the returning people to the gates of Jerusalem (type of the heavenly city, Heb 12:22); Antitypically (Re 22:14; 21:25, 27). righteous nation--that had not apostatized during the captivity.
The walk8
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1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
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Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of…
who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their…
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Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and…
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For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
