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Who Are Your "Other Lords"?
Commentators explain that while the "other lords" in Isaiah's time were foreign oppressors like the Babylonians, the principle applies to any power we allow to rule over us besides God. Scholars like Spurgeon, Gill, and Henry suggest these can be sin, Satan, or even worldly idols like career and possessions. The verse is a call to recognize and reject these illegitimate authorities in our lives.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 26:13
18th Century
Theologian
Other lords beside thee have had dominion - The allusion here is to the kings of Babylon who had subdued and oppressed them, and wh…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 26:13
19th Century
Bishop
Other lords beside you have had dominion over us ... —The “other lords” are the conquerors and oppressors by whom Israel …
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 26:13
19th Century
Preacher
O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
"O Lord, how …
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 26:13
16th Century
Theologian
O Lord our God. This verse contains a complaint of the saints, that they were oppressed by the tyranny of the wicked. This song was compos…
John Gill
On Isaiah 26:13
17th Century
Pastor
O Lord our God, [other] lords besides thee have had
dominion over us
Sin and Satan ha…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 26:12–19
17th Century
Minister
Every creature, every business, anything in any way serviceable to our comfort, God makes it so; He makes that work for us which seemed to work aga…