Isaiah 26
26
A Song of Trust in the Lord's Protection
1In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah;
We have a strong city;
salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
2Open ye the gates,
that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on thee:
because he trusteth in thee.
4Trust ye in the Lord for ever:
for in the Lord Jehovah
is everlasting strength.
5For he bringeth down them that dwell on high;
the lofty city, he layeth it low;
he layeth it low, even to the ground;
he bringeth 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 just is uprightness:
thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord,
have we waited for thee;
the desire of our soul is to thy name,
and to the remembrance of thee.
9With my soul have I desired thee in the night;
yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early:
for when thy judgments are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
10Let favor be showed to the wicked,
yet will he not learn righteousness:
in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly,
and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
11 #
Heb 10.27. Lord, when thy hand is lifted up,
they will not see:
but they shall see, and be ashamed
for their envy at the people;
yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
12 Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us:
for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
13O Lord our God,
other lords besides thee have had dominion over us;
but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
14 They are dead, they shall not live;
they are deceased, they shall not rise:
therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them,
and made all their memory to perish.
15Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord,
thou hast increased the nation;
thou art glorified:
thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
16 Lord, in trouble have they visited thee;
they poured out a prayer
when thy chastening was upon them.
17Like as a woman with child,
that draweth near the time of her delivery,
is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs;
so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.
18We have been with child, we have been in pain,
we have as it were brought forth wind;
we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth;
neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
19Thy dead men shall live,
together with my dead body shall they arise.
Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust:
for thy dew is as the dew of herbs,
and the earth shall cast out the dead.
20Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers,
and shut thy doors about thee:
hide thyself as it were for a little moment,
until the indignation be overpast.
21For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity:
the earth also shall disclose her blood,
and shall no more cover her slain.
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King James Version 1611, spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.
Isaiah 26
26
Judah’s Song of Praise
1On that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“We have a strong city;#Literally “a city of strength for us”
he sets up victory like walls and ramparts!#Hebrew “rampart”
2Open the gates so that#Or “and” the righteous nation who keeps faithfulness may enter!
3You will protect a firm inclination in peace,
in peace because he trusts in you.
4Trust in Yahweh forever,
for in Yah, Yahweh you have an everlasting rock.
5For he has thrown down the inhabitants of the height,
he lays low the lofty city.
He lays it low to the ground;
he throws her to the dust.
6The foot tramples it,
the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.”
Yahweh’s People Vindicated
7The way of the righteous is a straight path;
you clear the level path of the righteous.#Literally “the level path of the righteous you make level”; the meaning of this phrase is uncertain
8Surely we wait for you in the path of your judgments, Yahweh,
for your name and renown are the desire of the soul.
9I desire you with all my soul in the night;
also I seek you with my spirit within me,
for when your judgments are upon#Literally “to” the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10Though the wicked person is shown compassion, he does not learn righteousness;
he acts unjustly in the land of uprightness,
and he does not see the majesty of Yahweh.
11Yahweh, though your hand reaches high, they do not see it.
Let them see, and let them be ashamed of the zeal of people.
Indeed, let the fire of your enemies consume them.
12Yahweh, you will establish peace for us,
for you have done even all of our works for us.
13Yahweh, our God, lords besides you ruled over us,
but we praise your name alone.#Literally “alone in you we praise name you”
14The dead do not live;
dead spirits do not rise
because you have punished and destroyed them,
and you have destroyed all memory of them.
15You have added to the nation, Yahweh.
You have added to the nation; you are honored.
You have extended all the ends of the land.
16Yahweh, in distress they have visited you;
they poured out an incantation;#Literally “whispering”
your discipline was on them.
17Like a pregnant woman on the point of giving birth, she writhes;
she cries in her labor pains.
So we were because of your presence, Yahweh.
18We became pregnant, we writhed;
we gave birth to wind.
We cannot bring about deliverance on the earth,
and no inhabitants of the world are born.
19Your dead shall live; their corpses#Literally “my corpse;” some manuscripts propose an emendation to the suffix to change it to third person masculine plural (“their corpses”), which makes better sense shall rise.
Wake up and sing for joy, dwellers of the dust,
for your dew is celestial dew,#Literally “dew of light”
and the earth will give birth to dead spirits.#Or “you make the land of Rephaim fall”
20Go, my people, enter into your chambers
and shut your doors#The reading tradition (Qere) is singular behind you;
hide for a very little#Literally “a little a little” while,
until the wrath has passed over.
21For look! Yahweh is about to come out from his place
to punish the iniquity of the inhabitants#Hebrew “inhabitant” of the earth against him,
and the earth will disclose her blood
and will no longer cover her slain.
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