Isaiah 26
26
Trust the Rock of Ages
1In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. He appoints salvation as its walls and ramparts.
2Open the gates! Let the righteous nation enter— one that keeps faith.
3You keep in perfect peace one whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.
4Trust in Adonai forever, for the Lord Adonai is a Rock of ages.
5For He humbles those dwelling on high, leveling the lofty city, leveling it to the ground, bringing it down to the dust.
6Feet will trample it down, feet of the afflicted, the footsteps of the poor.
7The way of the righteous is straight. Upright One, You make smooth the path of the righteous.
8Yes, in the way of Your judgments, Adonai, we have waited for You. Your Name and Your remembrance is the desire of our soul.
9My soul longs for You at night, yes, my spirit within me seeks You. For when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10Though grace is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness. Even in a land of uprightness he will act wrongly, not perceiving the majesty of Adonai.
11Adonai, Your hand is lifted up, yet they do not see it; They will see Your zeal for the people and be put to shame. Yes, fire will devour Your enemies.
Your Dead Will Live!
12Adonai, You will establish shalom for us, for all our works You have done for us.
13Adonai Eloheinu, other lords beside You have had dominion over us, but we remember Your Name alone.
14The dead do not live— dead souls do not rise. Thus You punished and destroyed them and wiped out all memory of them.
15You have increased the nation, Adonai, You have increased the nation. You are glorified as You have expanded all the borders of the land.
16Adonai, they sought You in distress, they poured out a whispered prayer when Your discipline was upon them.
17As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so we were before You, Adonai.
18We have been with child, we have been in pain, yet we gave birth to wind. We are accomplishing no deliverance for the earth, nor are inhabitants of the world coming to life.
19Yet it will be: “Your dead will live! My corpses will rise! Awake and shout for joy, you who dwell in the dust! Your dew is like the dew of the dawn. The land of dead souls will come to life!
20Go, my people, enter your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide for a little while, until the wrath is past.
21For behold, Adonai is coming out from His place to punish inhabitants of the earth for iniquity. The earth will disclose her bloodshed, no longer covering up her slain.
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Isaiah 26
26
1In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation doth he appoint for walls and bulwarks. 2Open ye the gates, and the righteous nation which keepeth faithfulness shall enter in. 3Thou wilt keep in perfect peace the mind stayed on thee, for he confideth in thee. 4Confide ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jah, Jehovah, is the rock of ages.
5For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low, he layeth it low to the ground, he bringeth it even to the dust. 6The foot shall tread it down, — the feet of the afflicted, the steps of the poor. 7The way of the just is uprightness: thou, the Upright, dost make the path of the just even. 8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to thy memorial. 9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. 10If favour be shewn to the wicked, he doth not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness he dealeth unjustly, and beholdeth not the majesty of Jehovah. 11Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, but they do not see: yet they shall see thy jealousy for the people, and be ashamed; yea, the fire which is for thine adversaries shall devour them.
12Jehovah, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for thou also hast wrought all our works for us. 13Jehovah our God#GodHebrew: Elohim other lords than thee have had dominion over us; by thee only will we make mention of thy name. 14They are dead, they shall not live; deceased, they shall not rise: for thou hast visited and destroyed them, and made all memory of them to perish. 15Thou hast increased the nation, Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified. Thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth. 16Jehovah, in trouble they sought thee; they poured out their whispered prayer when thy chastening was upon them. 17As a woman with child, that draweth near her delivery, is in travail, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been before thee, Jehovah. 18We have been with child, we have been in travail, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought the deliverance of the land, neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. 19Thy dead shall live, my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing in triumph, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is the dew of the morning, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
20Come, my people, enter into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself just for a little moment, until the indignation be past. 21For behold, Jehovah cometh out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth upon them; and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.