Isaiah 26:15

15 But thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.

Isaiah 26:15 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 26:15

Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast
increased the nation
The righteous nation, ( Isaiah 26:2 ) the church of God, by the numerous conversions of Jews and Gentiles; when the nation of the Jews shall be born at once, and the fulness and forces of the Gentiles are brought in; when the kingdoms of this world will become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ: this increase is repeated, to denote the certainty of it, and because a matter of great moment and importance: thou art glorified;
as by the destruction of the antichristian powers, so by the enlargement of the church and kingdom of Christ; for now will the voices be heard in heaven, giving praise and glory to God: even those that are frightened with his judgments, as well as those that are affected with his goodness, will give glory to the God of heaven, ( Revelation 11:13 Revelation 11:17 ) ( 19:1-6 ) : thou hadst removed [it] far [unto] all the ends of the earth:
not the Jewish people now scattered throughout the world, but the righteous nation increased and enlarged, which now will be spread to the ends of the world; for Christ's kingdom will be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth, ( Psalms 72:8 ) it may be rendered, "thou hast removed afar off all the ends of the earth": so De Dieu, who interprets it of the great men of the earth, the excellent in it, the cornerstones of it; but perhaps it may be better to understand hereby every island and mountain fleeing away at the destruction of antichrist, and the enlargement of Christ's kingdom, ( Revelation 16:20 ) .

Isaiah 26:15 In-Context

13 O LORD our God, other lords besides thee have ruled over us, but thy name alone we acknowledge.

14 They are dead, they will not live; they are shades, they will not arise; to that end thou hast visited them with destruction and wiped out all remembrance of them.

15 But thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.

16 O LORD, in distress they sought thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

17 Like a woman with child, who writhes and cries out in her pangs, when she is near her time, so were we because of thee, O LORD;