Isaiah 26:14

"LORD our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us, but we will only acknowledge your name."

Key Reflection

This verse expresses a profound commitment to monotheism, asserting that despite past subjugation under various foreign rulers, the people of Israel now solely recognize and worship Yahweh as their true sovereign and God. It underscores a shift from acknowledging multiple lords to a singular allegiance to the one true God.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

They are dead -That is, the kings and tyrants to whom reference is made inIsaiah 26:13. The principal enemies of the Jews, who had oppressed them, were slain when Babylon was taken by Cyrus (see the notes atIsaiah 13:0;Isaiah 14:0) They shall not live -They shall not again live, and be permitted to harass and enslave us. They are deceased -Hebrew,רפאיםrepâ'iym- a name given to the shades or manes of the dead, from an idea that they were weak and powerless (see the notes atIsaiah 14:9-10; comparePsalms 88:11;Proverbs 2:18;Proverbs 9:18;Proverbs 21:16). The sense here is, that they had died and gone to the land of shades, and were now unable anymore to reach or injure the people of God.

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