19 (A)Your dead shall live;
Together with [a]my dead body they shall arise.
(B)Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust;
For your dew is like the dew of herbs,
And the earth shall cast out the dead.

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20 Come, my people, (C)enter your chambers,
And shut your doors behind you;
Hide yourself, as it were, (D)for a little moment,
Until the indignation is past.
21 For behold, the Lord (E)comes out of His place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
The earth will also disclose her [b]blood,
And will no more cover her slain.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:19 So with MT, Vg.; Syr., Tg. their dead bodies; LXX those in the tombs
  2. Isaiah 26:21 Or bloodshed

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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