Isaiah 26:1

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Isaiah 26:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.

2 Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter— one that remains faithful.

3 You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.

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Isaiah 2:11

The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 2:20

In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.

Isaiah 12:1

In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.

Isaiah 24:21

In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.

Isaiah 24:22

They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.

Isaiah 24:23

The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.

Isaiah 25:9

And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

Isaiah 5:1

I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

Isaiah 27:1

In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent —Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.

Isaiah 27:2

In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.

Exodus 15:2

The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

Exodus 15:3

The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.

Exodus 15:4

Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.

Exodus 15:5

The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.

Exodus 15:6

Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.

Exodus 15:7

You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

Exodus 15:8

At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

Exodus 15:9

The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

Exodus 15:10

But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Exodus 15:11

Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?

Exodus 15:12

You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up.

Exodus 15:13

With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.

Exodus 15:14

The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.

Exodus 15:15

Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,

Exodus 15:16

and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.

Exodus 15:17

You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance— the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.

Exodus 15:18

The LORD will reign forever and ever!”

Exodus 15:19

For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.

Exodus 15:20

Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.

Exodus 15:21

And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”

Numbers 21:17

Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well, all of you sing to it!

Judges 5:1

On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:

Judges 5:2

“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.

Judges 5:3

Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.

Judges 5:4

O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.

Judges 5:5

The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.

Judges 5:6

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.

Judges 5:7

Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

Judges 5:8

When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

Judges 5:9

My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!

Judges 5:10

You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

Judges 5:11

the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:

Judges 5:12

‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’

Judges 5:13

Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.

Judges 5:14

Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.

Judges 5:15

The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

Judges 5:16

Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

Judges 5:17

Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.

Judges 5:18

Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.

Judges 5:19

Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.

Judges 5:20

From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.

Judges 5:21

The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!

Judges 5:22

Then the hooves of horses thundered— the mad galloping of his stallions.

Judges 5:23

‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’

Judges 5:24

Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.

Judges 5:25

He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.

Judges 5:26

She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.

Judges 5:27

At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.

Judges 5:28

Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’

Judges 5:29

Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,

Judges 5:30

‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil— a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’

Judges 5:31

So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.

2 Samuel 22:1

And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

2 Samuel 22:2

He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.

2 Samuel 22:3

My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.

2 Samuel 22:4

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

2 Samuel 22:5

For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

2 Samuel 22:6

The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

2 Samuel 22:7

In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.

2 Samuel 22:8

Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

2 Samuel 22:9

Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.

2 Samuel 22:10

He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.

2 Samuel 22:11

He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

2 Samuel 22:12

He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.

2 Samuel 22:13

From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.

2 Samuel 22:14

The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.

2 Samuel 22:15

He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

2 Samuel 22:16

The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

2 Samuel 22:17

He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.

2 Samuel 22:18

He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.

2 Samuel 22:19

They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.

2 Samuel 22:20

He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

2 Samuel 22:21

The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

2 Samuel 22:22

For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

2 Samuel 22:23

For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.

2 Samuel 22:24

And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.

2 Samuel 22:25

So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.

2 Samuel 22:26

To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

2 Samuel 22:27

to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

2 Samuel 22:28

You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.

2 Samuel 22:29

For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.

2 Samuel 22:30

For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.

2 Samuel 22:31

As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

2 Samuel 22:32

For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?

2 Samuel 22:33

God is my strong fortress and He makes my way clear.

2 Samuel 22:34

He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.

2 Samuel 22:35

He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

2 Samuel 22:36

You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.

2 Samuel 22:37

You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.

2 Samuel 22:38

I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.

2 Samuel 22:39

I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.

2 Samuel 22:40

You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.

2 Samuel 22:41

You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.

2 Samuel 22:42

They looked, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.

2 Samuel 22:43

I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.

2 Samuel 22:44

You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

2 Samuel 22:45

Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.

2 Samuel 22:46

Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.

2 Samuel 22:47

The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—

2 Samuel 22:48

the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,

2 Samuel 22:49

who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.

2 Samuel 22:50

Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.

2 Samuel 22:51

Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”

Jeremiah 33:11

the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.

Ephesians 5:19

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

Ephesians 5:20

always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Revelation 19:1

After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!

Revelation 19:2

For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

Revelation 19:3

And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”

Revelation 19:4

And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”

Revelation 19:5

Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”

Revelation 19:6

And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.

Revelation 19:7

Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.

Ezra 3:11

And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.

Psalms 137:3

for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

Psalms 137:4

How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?

Isaiah 60:18

No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.

Isaiah 62:11

Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.”

Psalms 31:21

Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.

Psalms 48:12

March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,

Zechariah 2:5

For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”

Matthew 16:18

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

Revelation 21:12

The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.

Revelation 21:13

There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west.

Revelation 21:14

The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Revelation 21:15

The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.

Revelation 21:16

The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.

Revelation 21:17

And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.

Revelation 21:18

The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.

Revelation 21:19

The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

Revelation 21:20

the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.

Revelation 21:21

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.

Revelation 21:22

But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.