Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 26:20

20 Come, my people , enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee : hide thy self as it were for a little moment , until the indignation be overpast.

Having foretold the wonderful Deliverance and great Happiness of God's People, and the utter Destruction of their Enemies, lest they should think they were now entring into the possession of this Felicity, he adds what here follows, and intimates, that for the present they were to expect Storms, and to prepare for them, and patiently to wait God's time for the Accomplishment of so great a Mercy.

Withdraw thy self from the Company and Conversation of the Wicked World, lest partaking with them in their Sins, thou dost also partake of their Plagues; pour out thy Prayers to God in thy Closet, as this may be explained by comparing Mat. 6. 6. put thy self under the protection of my Providence and Grace by Faith and Prayer. He alludes to the common practice of Men, who when there are Storms or Dangers abroad, betake themselves into their own Houses or Chambers for safety; or, as some think, to that History Exod. 9. 19, 20. or to that Command of not going out of their houses, Exod. 12. 22. or to the like Charge given to Rohab, as the Condition of her Preservation, Ios. 2.

Whereby he intimates, that all their Afflictions, how long and tedious soever they may seem, are but short and momentary, in comparison of that Happiness which is reserved for them.

The dreadful Effects of God's Anger, those sore Judgments of God mentioned in the following Verse.

Marginal references: Psal. 30. 5. Chap. 54. 7, 8. 2 Cor. 4. 17.