Isaiah 26

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1 In 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. 2 Open ye the gates , that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace , whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength : 5 ¶ For 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. 6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright , dost weigh the path of the just. 8 Yea, 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. 9 With 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. 10 Let favour be shewed 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 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. 13 O Lord our God, other lords beside 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. 15 Thou 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. 17 Like 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 . 18 We 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 . 19 Thy 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. 20 ¶ Come, 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. 21 For, 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. Isa. 60:18 . Hel. 3:28 . TG Contentment ; Peace of God . TG Jesus Christ, Jehovah . TG Eternity . TG Strength . TG God, Justice of . Isa. 33:2 . TG Prayer . Ps. 63:1 . OR precepts. OR let them see Thy zeal for Thy people, and be ashamed; yea, let fire destroy Thine enemies. Mosiah 27:31 . Alma 5:40 (40–41) . 2 Kgs. 18:4 (4–6) . IE the “other lords” of v. 13 . Isa. 9:3 ; Abr. 2:9 . HEB expanded all the borders of the land. Israel recalls all the misery of the past days of exile, vv. 16–18 . TG Chastening . OR been brought low. TG Immortality . TG Jesus Christ, Foreordained . TG Jesus Christ, Mission of ; Jesus Christ, Resurrection ; Resurrection . IE until the cleansing of the earth is over. HEB bloods; i.e., the bloodshed, crime, and violence committed will be exposed and recompensed.