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Isaiah 26:13-19
English Standard Version
Isaiah 26:13-19
English Standard Version
13 O Lord our God,
(A)other lords besides you have ruled over us,
(B)but your name alone we bring to remembrance.
14 They are dead, they will not live;
they are shades, they will not arise;
to that end you have visited them with destruction
and wiped out all remembrance of them.
15 (C)But you have increased the nation, O Lord,
you have increased the nation; you are glorified;
(D)you have enlarged all the borders of the land.
16 O Lord, (E)in distress they sought you;
they poured out a whispered prayer
when your discipline was upon them.
17 (F)Like a pregnant woman
who writhes and cries out in her pangs
when she is near to giving birth,
so were we because of you, O Lord;
18 (G)we were pregnant, we writhed,
but we have given birth to wind.
We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth,
and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.
19 (H)Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise.
You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy!
For (I)your dew is a dew of light,
and the earth will give birth to the dead.
Isaiah 26:13-19
New International Version
Isaiah 26:13-19
New International Version
13 Lord our God, other lords(A) besides you have ruled over us,
but your name(B) alone do we honor.(C)
14 They are now dead,(D) they live no more;
their spirits(E) do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;(F)
you wiped out all memory of them.(G)
15 You have enlarged the nation, Lord;
you have enlarged the nation.(H)
You have gained glory for yourself;
you have extended all the borders(I) of the land.
16 Lord, they came to you in their distress;(J)
when you disciplined(K) them,
they could barely whisper(L) a prayer.[a]
17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth(M)
writhes and cries out in her pain,
so were we in your presence, Lord.
18 We were with child, we writhed in labor,
but we gave birth(N) to wind.
We have not brought salvation(O) to the earth,
and the people of the world have not come to life.(P)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
Isaiah 26:13-19
King James Version
Isaiah 26:13-19
King James Version
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.
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