What does Isaias Chapter 26 say, and which statements belong to its speaker?

Isaias 26 presents a canticle for Juda. Sion is the city of our strength, with saviour, wall and bulwark set therein. Gates open to a just, truth-keeping nation. Old error passes and peace is associated with hope in the everlasting mighty Lord. The high city is pulled to dust under poor and needy feet. The just path, patient waiting, remembered name, night desire and morning watch accompany learning justice through judgment.

Pity toward the wicked does not bring learned justice in this passage. Petitions ask for exalted hand, confounded envy and fire against enemies. Peace is attributed to God's working their works; other lords' past dominion is recalled. Let not the dead live and giants rise remains a request, not a categorical report that tyrants cannot rise. Favor to the nation and the question art thou glorified accompany removal of earth's ends far off, not an invented enlargement of national boundaries.

Distress and instruction are likened to painful pregnancy producing wind without earthly salvation. The dead and slain shall live and rise; dust dwellers are called to praise, with dew of light and the giants' land brought to ruin. People enter chambers and shut doors briefly until indignation passes. The Lord visits earthly iniquity and earth reveals blood and slain. The edition relates the final clause to martyrs and their happy resurrection. These remain attributed prophetic words rather than a guarantee of safe housing for every believer.