Isa 26:20-21, Jer 30:7, Mat 24:21 | JFB | STEP | 20. enter ... chambers-- When God is about to take vengeance on the ungodly, the saints shall be shut in by Him in a place of safety, as Noah and his family were in the days of the flood ( ), and as Israel was commanded not to go out of doors on the night of the slaying of the Egyptian first-born ( , ; ; ). The saints are calmly and confidently to await the issue ( , ).

‏ Isaiah 26:20-21

20. enter ... chambers--When God is about to take vengeance on the ungodly, the saints shall be shut in by Him in a place of safety, as Noah and his family were in the days of the flood (Ge 7:16), and as Israel was commanded not to go out of doors on the night of the slaying of the Egyptian first-born (Ex 12:22, 23; Psa 31:20; 83:3). The saints are calmly and confidently to await the issue (Ex 14:13, 14).

21. (Mi 1:3; Jude 14).

disclose ... blood--(Ge 4:10, 11; Job 16:18; Eze 24:7, 8). All the innocent blood shed, and all other wrongs done, so long seemingly with impunity, shall then be avenged (Re 16:6).

‏ Jeremiah 30:7

7. great--marked by great calamities (Joe 2:11, 31; Am 5:18; Zep 1:14).

none like it ... but he shall be saved--(Da 12:1). The partial deliverance at Babylon's downfall prefigures the final, complete deliverance of Israel, literal and spiritual, at the downfall of the mystical Babylon (Re 18:1-19:21).

‏ Isaiah 26:20-21

‏ Jeremiah 30:7

‏ Matthew 24:21