Bible Strands
Isaiah 26:12
O LORD, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet addresses Yahweh directly amid a declaration of divine judgment against hostile nations and a contrast with foreign rulers. The speaker represents a community that confesses Yahweh alone while acknowledging His sovereign intervention.
The words — The Hebrew תִּשְׁפּוֹת (tishpot) literally means "you will establish," directly governing שָׁלוֹם (shalom) for "peace." The clause juxtaposes human מַעֲשֵׂינוּ (ma'asenu, "our works") with God's פָּעַלְתָּ (pa'alta, "you have done").
The thread — The motif of God establishing peace and fulfilling purpose runs through Psalms 29:11 and Psalms 57:2. The tension between human works and divine action parallels Ephesians 2:10.
Why it lands — The text demands attribution of all outcomes to God's establishing work rather than human achievement. It requires the reader to accept that divine action precedes and supersedes personal accomplishment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
Cross-references
- Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- Psalms 57:2 I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.
- Psalms 29:11 The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.
- Ezekiel 20:14 But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
- Deuteronomy 30:6 The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
- Jeremiah 33:6 Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
- Hebrews 13:20 Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
- Isaiah 57:10 You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.
- John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
- Ezekiel 20:9 But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.