Isaiah 26:13 (LSB)

Passage

O Yahweh our God, other masters besides You have ruled us; But through You alone we bring Your name to remembrance.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 26:11 O Yahweh, Your hand is raised up high, yet they do not behold it. They behold Your zeal for the people and are put to shame; Indeed, fire will devour Your adversaries.

Isaiah 26:12 Yahweh, You will establish peace for us, Since You have also performed for us all our works.

Isaiah 26:13 O Yahweh our God, other masters besides You have ruled us; But through You alone we bring Your name to remembrance.

Isaiah 26:14 The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise; Therefore You have visited and destroyed them, And You have made all remembrance of them perish.

Isaiah 26:15 You have increased the nation, O Yahweh; You have increased the nation, You are glorified; You have extended all the borders of the land.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yahweh", "other", "masters", "besides", "ruled", "through", "alone", and "bring". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "other", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Yahweh You will establish peace for us..." into verse 14's "The dead will not live the departed...", so "yahweh" and "other" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "yahweh" and "other" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.