Isaiah 26
26
1At that time, this will be the song that is sung in the land of Judah: “Ours is a strong city! Its walls and defenses are our salvation! 2Open the gates so the nation that does right may enter, the nation that stays faithful. 3You will keep in complete peace those who keep their minds focused on you, because they trust in you. 4Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock. 5He brings down those who live so high and mighty; he demolishes the proud city with its high walls, bringing it down to the ground, into the dust. 6The poor tread it underfoot; the oppressed walk on top of it.”
7You God, do what is right, and you straighten out the way for those who live right; you smooth out their path. 8Yes, we follow your instructions, Lord, we put our hope in you. What we most want is to remember you and your wonderful character. 9I look for you in the night; deep inside me I long for you. When your laws are shown to the earth, then the people of the world learn what is right. 10Though grace is shown to the wicked, they don't learn to do right. Even in a country where people do what's right, they continue to do evil and they don't think about how great the Lord is. 11Lord, you are holding your hand up, but they don't see it. Let them see your passionate commitment for your people, and be embarrassed; may the fire reserved for your enemies destroy them!
12Lord, you give us peace and prosperity; everything we've achieved you have done for us. 13Lord our God, there have been other lords besides you who have ruled us, but you are the only one we worship. 14They are dead, they will not live again;#26:14. Probably referring to those enemies of Judah who at times ruled them. Alternatively some see this as a reference to previous idol worship--the pagan gods who “ruled” over them. they will not rise from the grave. Lord, you punished them and destroyed them—even wiping out every memory about them. 15You have made the nation grow, Lord, you have made the nation grow. You have expanded our borders of the land, and we honored you. 16Lord, when we were suffering we came to you, pouring out our prayers like whispers as you disciplined us. 17Just as a pregnant woman giving birth tosses about and cries out in pain, that's what we were like in your presence, Lord. 18However, even though we became pregnant and we tossed about in pain, we gave birth to nothing but air. We did not bring about the salvation of the earth, and the people of the world have not become alive.#26:18. “Become alive”: the word is actually “fall,” but is taken to mean “to be born.”
19But those who died in you, Lord, will live! Their bodies will rise again! Wake up, and sing for joy, you people sleeping in the dust, for the dew you receive is like the dew of the morning giving life to those in the grave.
20My people, go inside your homes and close your doors behind you. Hide there for a little while until the fury has passed. 21Watch out! The Lord is coming from where he lives to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will reveal the blood that has been shed on it; the earth won't hide those who have been killed any longer.
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Isaiah 26
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A Song of Victory
1#Isa 60:18; 12:1In that day this song shall be sung in the land of Judah:
We have a strong city;
He appoints walls
and bulwarks for security.
2#Ps 118:20; Isa 60:11 Open the gates,
that the righteous nation may enter,
the one who remains faithful.
3You will keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on You,
because he trusts in You.
4#Isa 12:2; 50:10 Trust in the Lord forever,
for in God the Lord we have an everlasting rock.
5#Job 40:11–13 For He brings down those who dwell on high,
the lofty city; He lays it low; He lays it low,
even to the ground;
He brings it even to the dust.
6The foot shall tread it down,
even the feet of the poor
and the steps of the needy.
7The way of the righteous is smooth;
O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level.
8In the way of Your judgments, O Lord,
we have waited for You eagerly;
the desire of our souls is Your name,
even Your memory.
9#Ps 63:1; Mt 6:33 With my soul I have desired You in the night;
my spirit within me seeks You diligently;
for when Your judgments are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10#Hos 11:7; Jn 5:37–38 Though favor is shown to the wicked,
yet he will not learn righteousness;
in the land of uprightness he deals unjustly
and does not perceive the majesty of the Lord.
11#Isa 5:24; Mic 5:9 Lord, Your hand is lifted up,
but they do not see it.
They see Your zeal for the people and are put to shame;
the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.
12Lord, You will ordain peace for us,
for You also have done all our works for us.
13#Isa 2:8 O Lord our God, other lords besides You have had dominion over us,
but through You alone we confess Your name.
14#Isa 8:19 The dead shall not live;
the departed spirits shall not rise.
Therefore, You have punished and destroyed them
and made all remembrance of them to perish.
15#Isa 9:3 You have increased the nation, O Lord,
You have increased the nation;
You are glorified;
You have extended all the borders of the land.
16#Hos 5:15 Lord, in trouble they have sought You;
they poured out a prayer
when Your chastening was on them.
17#Isa 13:8; Jn 16:21 Like a woman with child, who is in pain and cries out in her pangs
when she draws near the time of her delivery,
so have we been in Your sight, O Lord.
18#Ps 17:14 We have been with child, we have been in pain,
we have, as it were, brought forth wind;
we have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,
nor were the inhabitants of the world born.
19#Isa 25:8; Da 12:2 Your dead shall live,
their corpses shall arise.
Awake and sing,
you who dwell in dust,
for your dew is as the dew of the dawn,
and the earth shall give birth to the departed spirits.
20#Ps 30:5; 91:4 Come, my people, enter your chambers,
and shut your doors behind you;
hide for a little while
until the indignation is over.
21#Job 16:18 For the Lord comes out of His place
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
the earth also shall disclose her bloodshed
and shall cover her slain no more.
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