Isaiah · Majority Standard Bible
Isaiah 26 Majority Standard Bible
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1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.
1 In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.
2 Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter—one that remains faithful.
2 Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith.
3 You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
3 You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
4 Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
4 Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.
5 For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.
5 For he has brought 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.
6 Feet trample it down—the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.
6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy.”
7 The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
7 The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.
8 Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
8 Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
9 My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
9 With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are on the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10 Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.
10 Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see Yahweh’s majesty.
11 O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
11 Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.
12 O LORD, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.
12 Yahweh, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us.
13 O LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, but Your name alone do we confess.
13 Yahweh our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us, but we will only acknowledge your name.
14 The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.
14 The dead shall not live. The departed spirits shall not rise. Therefore you have visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.
15 You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.
15 You have increased the nation, O Yahweh. You have increased the nation! You are glorified! You have enlarged all the borders of the land.
16 O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
16 Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
17 As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD.
17 Just as a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs, so we have been before you, Yahweh.
18 We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.
18 We have been with child. We have been in pain. We gave birth, it seems, only to wind. We have not worked any deliverance on the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
19 Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
19 Your dead shall live. Their dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.
20 Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
20 Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.
21 For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
21 For, behold, Yahweh comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Zechariah 2:5; Isaiah 60:18; Isaiah 62:11; Ephesians 5:19–20; Jeremiah 33:11
- 2 Revelation 5:9; Isaiah 60:11; 1 Peter 2:9; Psalm 118:20; Isaiah 62:10
- 3 Philippians 4:7; John 16:33; John 14:27; Jeremiah 17:7–8; Psalm 9:10
- 4 Isaiah 12:2; Psalm 62:8; Philippians 4:13; Psalm 55:22; Psalm 18:2
- 5 Job 40:11–13; Revelation 18:2; Jeremiah 51:37; Jeremiah 51:25–26; Isaiah 13:11
- 6 Luke 10:19; Romans 16:20; Revelation 2:26; Joshua 10:24; James 2:5
- 7 Ephesians 2:10; Isaiah 42:16; 1 John 3:7; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 1 John 3:10
- 8 Psalm 37:3–7; James 5:7–11; Isaiah 33:2; Exodus 3:15; 2 Thessalonians 3:5
- 9 Matthew 6:33; Psalm 119:62; Psalm 63:1; Song of Songs 3:1–4; Psalm 63:6–7
- 10 Hosea 11:7; John 5:37–38; Romans 2:4–5; Exodus 8:15; Deuteronomy 32:15
- 11 Hebrews 10:27; Micah 5:9; Isaiah 5:24; Malachi 4:1; 1 Samuel 5:6–11
- 12 Ephesians 2:10; Psalm 57:2; Psalm 29:11; Ezekiel 20:14; Deuteronomy 30:6
- 13 Isaiah 63:7; Isaiah 2:8; Joshua 23:7; Isaiah 51:22; Isaiah 12:4
- 14 Proverbs 10:7; Revelation 18:2–3; Isaiah 14:19–22; Habakkuk 2:18–20; Isaiah 8:19
- 15 Isaiah 9:3; Isaiah 54:2–3; Ezekiel 5:12; Jeremiah 32:37; Jeremiah 30:19
- 16 Hosea 5:15; Psalm 50:15; Lamentations 2:19; Psalm 77:1–2; Psalm 91:15
- 17 Isaiah 13:8; John 16:21; Isaiah 21:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Jeremiah 4:31
- 18 Hosea 13:13; Psalm 17:14; Isaiah 59:4; Isaiah 37:3; 2 Kings 19:3
- 19 Daniel 12:2; Ezekiel 37:1–14; Matthew 27:52; Ephesians 5:14; Hosea 13:14
- 20 Psalm 30:5; Psalm 27:5; Isaiah 54:7–8; Matthew 6:6; Psalm 91:4
- 21 Jude 14–15; Revelation 6:9–11; Isaiah 13:11; Isaiah 18:4; Job 16:18
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