19 Your (A)dead will live;
[a]Their corpses will rise.
You who lie in the dust, (B)awake and shout for joy,
For your dew is as the dew of the [b]dawn,
And the earth will [c]give birth to the [d]departed spirits.

20 Come, my people, (C)enter your rooms
And close your doors behind you;
Hide for a little [e](D)while
Until (E)indignation [f]runs its course.
21 For behold, the Lord is about to (F)come out from His place
To (G)punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wrongdoing;
And the earth will (H)reveal her bloodshed
And will no longer cover her slain.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:19 As in some ancient versions; MT My
  2. Isaiah 26:19 Lit lights
  3. Isaiah 26:19 Lit cause to fall
  4. Isaiah 26:19 Or shades
  5. Isaiah 26:20 Lit moment
  6. Isaiah 26:20 Lit passes over

19 But your dead(A) will live, Lord;
    their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust(B)
    wake up and shout for joy—
your dew(C) is like the dew of the morning;
    the earth will give birth to her dead.(D)

20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
    and shut the doors(E) behind you;
hide(F) yourselves for a little while
    until his wrath(G) has passed by.(H)
21 See, the Lord is coming(I) out of his dwelling(J)
    to punish(K) the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood(L) shed on it;
    the earth will conceal its slain no longer.

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