Isa 26:20-21, 32:2 | JFB | STEP | 20. enter . . . chambers —When God is about to take vengeance on the ungodly, the saints shall be shut in by Him in a place of safety, as Noah and his family were in the days of the flood ( ), and as Israel was commanded not to go out of doors on the night of the slaying of the Egyptian first-born ( ). The saints are calmly and confidently to await the issue ( ).

Isaiah 26:20-21

20. enter . . . chambers—When God is about to take vengeance on the ungodly, the saints shall be shut in by Him in a place of safety, as Noah and his family were in the days of the flood (Ge 7:16), and as Israel was commanded not to go out of doors on the night of the slaying of the Egyptian first-born (Ex 12:22, 23; Ps 31:20; 83:3). The saints are calmly and confidently to await the issue (Ex 14:13, 14).

21. (Mic 1:3; Jude 14).

disclose . . . blood— (Ge 4:10, 11; Job 16:18; Eze 24:7, 8). All the innocent blood shed, and all other wrongs done, so long seemingly with impunity, shall then be avenged (Re 16:6).

Isaiah 32:2

2. a man—rather, the man Christ [LOWTH]; it is as "the Son of man" He is to reign, as it was as Son of man He suffered (Mt 26:64; Joh 5:27; 19:5). Not as MAURER explains, "every one of the princes shall be," &c.

rivers—as refreshing as water and the cool shade are to the heated traveller (Isa 35:6, 7; 41:18).