Isaiah 26:4

"You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you."

Key Reflection

In Isaiah 26:4, God assures His people that those who trust in Him will experience perfect peace, not because of external circumstances but due to their steadfast faith. This promise was a comfort for the exiles of Judah, many of whom had been deported to Babylon and faced uncertainty; it emphasized that true security came from trusting in Yahweh's promises rather than material conditions or political stability.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Trust ye in the Lord for ever -The sense is, ‘Let your confidence in God on no occasion fail. Let no calamity, no adversity, no persecution, no poverty, no trial of any kind, prevent your reposing entire confidence in him.’ This is spoken evidently in view of the fact stated in the previous verse, that the mind that is stayed on him shall have perfect peace. For in the Lord Jehovah -‘This is one of the four places where our translators have retained the original word Yahweh (compareExodus 6:3;Psa 133:1-3:18; the notes atIsaiah 12:2). The original isיהוהביהbeyâhhyehovâh; the first word,יהyâhh, (comparePsalms 68:4), being merely an abridged form of Yahweh.

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