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Isaiah 26:1

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that day: Isaiah 2:11, Isaiah 2:20, Isaiah 12:1, Isaiah 24:21-23, Isaiah 25:9

this song: Isaiah 5:1, Isaiah 27:1-2; Exodus 15:2-21; Numbers 21:17; Judges 5:1-31; 2 Samuel 22:1-51; Jeremiah 33:11; Ephesians 5:19-20; Revelation 19:1-7

in the land: Ezra 3:11; Psalms 137:3-4

salvation: Isaiah 60:18, Isaiah 62:11; Psalms 31:21, Psalms 48:12; Zechariah 2:5; Matthew 16:18; Revelation 21:12-22

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