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Isaiah 26

Isa. 26:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Open
pathach (Hebrew #6605)
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
KJV usage: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-)grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
Pronounce: paw-thakh'
Origin: a primitive root
l ye the gates
sha`ar (Hebrew #8179)
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (X -er).
Pronounce: shah'-ar
Origin: from 8176 in its original sense
, that the righteous
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
nation
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
which keepeth
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the φtruth
'emuwn (Hebrew #529)
established, i.e. (figuratively) trusty; also (abstractly) trustworthiness
KJV usage: faith(-ful), truth.
Pronounce: ay-moon'
Origin: from 539
may enter in
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
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Open.
Isa. 60:11• 11Therefore thy gates shall be open continually (they shall not be shut day nor night); that [men] may bring unto thee the wealth of the nations, and [that] their kings [may be] brought. (Isa. 60:11)
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Isa. 62:10• 10Go through, go through the gates; prepare the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the peoples. (Isa. 62:10)
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Psa. 118:20• 20This [is] the gate of (to) Jehovah;{HR}The righteous shall go into it. (Psa. 118:20)
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Ezek. 48:31‑34• 31and the gates of the city [shall be] according to the names of the tribes of Israel; three gates northward, one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
32And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.
33And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
34At the west side four thousand and five hundred, [with] their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.
(Ezek. 48:31‑34)
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Zech. 8:20• 20{i}Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;{/i} (Zech. 8:20)
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Acts 2:47• 47praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord was adding day by day together those that were to be saved. (Acts 2:47)
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Rev. 21:24• 24And the nations shall walk by its light; and the kings of the earth bring their glory unto it. (Rev. 21:24)
righteous.
Isa. 60:21• 21Thy people also [shall be] all righteous: they shall possess the land forever—the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. (Isa. 60:21)
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Ex. 19:6• 6{i}and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel.{/i} (Ex. 19:6)
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Deut. 4:6‑8• 6Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
7For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day.
(Deut. 4:6‑8)
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Psa. 106:5• 5To look on (in) the good of thy chosen ones,{HR}To rejoice in the joy of thy nation,{HR}To glory with thine inheritance. (Psa. 106:5)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But ye [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set out the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness unto his marvellous light; (1 Peter 2:9)
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2 Peter 3:13• 13But according to his promise we wait for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. (2 Peter 3:13)
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Rev. 5:9• 9And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain and hast bought [us] to God by thy blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation; (Rev. 5:9)
truth.
Heb. truths.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Open ye the gates, and the righteous nation which keepeth faithfulness shall enter inc.

JND Translation Notes

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See Ps. 118.19,20.

W. Kelly Translation

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Open ye the gates, and the righteous nation which keepeth faithfulness shall enter in.