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Isaiah 26-27
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The Song of Redeemed Judah

26 At that time,[a] people will sing this song[b] in the land of Judah:

“We have a strong city;
    God crafts victory,
        its walls and ramparts.[c]
2 Open your[d] gates,
    so the righteous nation that safeguards its faith may enter.
3 You will keep perfectly peaceful[e]
    the one whose mind remains focused on you,
        because he remains[f] in you.

4 “Trust in the Lord forever,
    for in the Lord God[g] you have an everlasting rock.
5 For he has made drunk[h]
    the inhabitants of the height,
        the lofty city.
He lays it low[i] to the ground
casting it down to the dust,
6 by the feet of the oppressed who trample it,[j]
by the footsteps of the needy.[k]

7 “The path of the righteous is level;
    O Upright One,[l]
        you make safe[m] the way of justice.[n]
8 Yes, Lord, in the path of your judgments we wait;[o]
    your name and your Law[p] are the[q] soul’s desire.
9 My soul yearns for you in the night;
    my spirit within me searches for you.
For when your judgments come upon the earth,
    the world’s inhabitants learn righteousness.
10 If favor is shown to the wicked,
    they don’t learn righteousness;
even in a land of uprightness they act perversely
    and do not perceive the majesty of the Lord.

11 “Lord, your hand is lifted up,
    but they do not see it.
And[r] let them see your zeal for your[s] people
    and be put to shame—
        yes, let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them!
12 Lord, you will decide[t] peace for us,
    for you have indeed accomplished
        all our achievements for us.
13 O Lord our God,
    other lords besides you have ruled over us,
but through you alone
    we acknowledge your name.
14 The dead won’t live,
    and[u] the departed spirits won’t rise—
to that end, you punished and destroyed them,
    then locked away[v] all memory of them.

15 “But you have enlarged the nation,[w] Lord;
    you have enlarged the nation.[x]
You have gained honor;
    you have extended all the borders of the land.

16 Lord, they[y] came to you in distress;
    they poured out their secret[z] prayer
        when your chastenings were[aa] afflicting[ab] them.
17 Just as a pregnant woman writhes
    and cries out during her labor
when she is about to give birth,
    so were we because of you, Lord.
18 We were pregnant, writhing in pain,
    but we gave birth only to wind.
We have not won your[ac] victory on earth,
nor have the inhabitants of the world been born.”

The Resurrection of the Dead

19 “But your dead will live; their bodies will rise.
Those who live in the dust will wake up and shout for joy![ad]
For your dew is like the dew of dawn,
and the earth will give birth to the dead.
20 Come, my people, enter your rooms
    and shut your doors[ae] behind you.
Hide yourselves[af] for a little while
    until the fury has passed by.
21 For see, the Lord is coming from his place
    to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their sins;
the earth will reveal the blood that has been shed on it,
    and will no longer conceal its slain.”

Israel’s Deliverance

27 At that time,[ag] with his fierce, mighty, and powerful sword, the Lord will punish the gliding serpent Leviathan—the coiling serpent Leviathan—and he will kill the dragon that’s in the sea.

2 At that time,[ah]
    “A fermenting[ai] vineyard—
        sing about it!
3 I, the Lord, watch over it
    And I water it continuously.
I guard it night and day
    so no one can harm it.
4 I am not angry.
    If only the vineyard[aj] could give me briers and thorns[ak] to battle,
I would march against it,
    and[al] I would burn it all up.
5 Or else let it lay claim to my protection;
    let it make peace with me,
        yes, let it make peace with me.”

6 In times to come, Jacob will take root,
    and[am] Israel will blossom, sprout shoots,
        and fill the whole world with fruit.

7 Has the Lord[an] struck them down,
    just as he struck down those who struck them?
Or have they been killed,
    just as their killers were killed?
8 Measure by measure,[ao]
    in their exile you contended with them;
with his fierce blast he removed them,
    as on a day when the east wind blows.
9 By this, then, Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for,
    and this will be the full harvest
        that comes from the removal of his sin:
when he makes all the altar stones
    like pulverized chalkstones,
no Asherah[ap] poles or incense altars will be left standing.
10 For the fortified city stands desolate,
    a settlement abandoned and forsaken like the desert;
calves graze there,
    and there they lie down
        and strip bare its branches.
11 When its branches are dry,
    they are broken off,
and women come and kindle fires with them,
    since this is a people who show no consideration.
That is why the One who made them shows them no compassion;
    the One who created them shows them no mercy.

Assyria and Egypt Exiles Redeemed

12 At that time,[aq] the Lord will winnow grain from the Euphrates River[ar] channel to the Wadi[as] of Egypt,[at] and you will be gathered in one by one, O people of Israel. 13 Furthermore, at that time,[au] a great trumpet will be sounded, and those who were perishing in the land of Assyria and those who had been expelled[av] to the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord on his holy mountain at Jerusalem.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:1 Lit. On that day
  2. Isaiah 26:1 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsac MT read time, this song will be sung; LXX reads time, they will sing that song
  3. Isaiah 26:1 So 4QIsac; 1QIsaa MT read walls and ramparts; LXX reads wall and rampart
  4. Isaiah 26:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read the
  5. Isaiah 26:3 Lit. peace, peace; so 1QIsaa MT; LXX Syr read peace
  6. Isaiah 26:3 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab LXX; 4QIsac MT read trusts
  7. Isaiah 26:4 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsab reads the Lord God; LXX reads the Lord, the Lord
  8. Isaiah 26:5 So MT 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsab 4QIsac MT read has brought low; LXX reads has humbled and brought down
  9. Isaiah 26:5 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads He levels it, he levels it
  10. Isaiah 26:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads The foot tramples it
  11. Isaiah 26:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads oppressed
  12. Isaiah 26:7 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac reads they go straight ahead; LXX lacks this line
  13. Isaiah 26:7 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read smooth or you prepare
  14. Isaiah 26:7 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac; MT LXX read of the righteous ones
  15. Isaiah 26:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads we wait for you
  16. Isaiah 26:8 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT read your renown; cf. LXX
  17. Isaiah 26:8 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsab reads my
  18. Isaiah 26:11 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX; the Heb. lacks And
  19. Isaiah 26:11 Lit. the; so 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks your
  20. Isaiah 26:12 So 1QIsaa; MT reads prepare or give; LXX reads Lord, give
  21. Isaiah 26:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsaa corrector MT lack and
  22. Isaiah 26:14 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read wiped out
  23. Isaiah 26:15 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab
  24. Isaiah 26:15 So 1QIsaa; MTms lacks this line
  25. Isaiah 26:16 So 1QIsaa MT; MTmss LXXmss read we; LXX reads I remembered you
  26. Isaiah 26:16 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT read out a magical
  27. Isaiah 26:16 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read your chastening was
  28. Isaiah 26:16 Lit. upon
  29. Isaiah 26:18 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks your
  30. Isaiah 26:19 So 1QIsaa; MT reads Wake up and shout for joy, you; LXX reads Those in the dust will rejoice, for
  31. Isaiah 26:20 So 1QIsaa MT; MTqere reads door
  32. Isaiah 26:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads yourself
  33. Isaiah 27:1 Lit. On that day
  34. Isaiah 27:2 Lit. On that day
  35. Isaiah 27:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read pleasant
  36. Isaiah 27:4 Lit. only it
  37. Isaiah 27:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads thorns
  38. Isaiah 27:4 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks and
  39. Isaiah 27:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and
  40. Isaiah 27:7 Lit. Has he
  41. Isaiah 27:8 Or With war cries
  42. Isaiah 27:9 Or sacred
  43. Isaiah 27:12 Lit. On that day
  44. Isaiah 27:12 DSS MT lack River
  45. Isaiah 27:12 I.e. a seasonal stream or river that channels water during rain seasons but is dry at other times
  46. Isaiah 27:12 I.e. the southwestern-most border of ancient Philistia
  47. Isaiah 27:13 Lit. Furthermore, on that day
  48. Isaiah 27:13 Or exiled
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Isaiah 26-27
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A Song of Praise

26 In that day(A) this song will be sung(B) in the land of Judah:

We have a strong city;(C)
    God makes salvation
    its walls(D) and ramparts.(E)
2 Open the gates(F)
    that the righteous(G) nation may enter,
    the nation that keeps faith.
3 You will keep in perfect peace(H)
    those whose minds are steadfast,
    because they trust(I) in you.
4 Trust(J) in the Lord forever,(K)
    for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock(L) eternal.
5 He humbles those who dwell on high,
    he lays the lofty city low;
he levels it to the ground(M)
    and casts it down to the dust.(N)
6 Feet trample(O) it down—
    the feet of the oppressed,(P)
    the footsteps of the poor.(Q)

7 The path of the righteous is level;(R)
    you, the Upright One,(S) make the way of the righteous smooth.(T)
8 Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,[a](U)
    we wait(V) for you;
your name(W) and renown
    are the desire of our hearts.
9 My soul yearns for you in the night;(X)
    in the morning my spirit longs(Y) for you.
When your judgments(Z) come upon the earth,
    the people of the world learn righteousness.(AA)
10 But when grace is shown to the wicked,(AB)
    they do not learn righteousness;
even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil(AC)
    and do not regard(AD) the majesty of the Lord.
11 Lord, your hand is lifted high,(AE)
    but they do not see(AF) it.
Let them see your zeal(AG) for your people and be put to shame;(AH)
    let the fire(AI) reserved for your enemies consume them.

12 Lord, you establish peace(AJ) for us;
    all that we have accomplished you have done(AK) for us.
13 Lord our God, other lords(AL) besides you have ruled over us,
    but your name(AM) alone do we honor.(AN)
14 They are now dead,(AO) they live no more;
    their spirits(AP) do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;(AQ)
    you wiped out all memory of them.(AR)
15 You have enlarged the nation, Lord;
    you have enlarged the nation.(AS)
You have gained glory for yourself;
    you have extended all the borders(AT) of the land.

16 Lord, they came to you in their distress;(AU)
    when you disciplined(AV) them,
    they could barely whisper(AW) a prayer.[b]
17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth(AX)
    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(AY) to wind.
We have not brought salvation(AZ) to the earth,
    and the people of the world have not come to life.(BA)

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

20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
    and shut the doors(BF) behind you;
hide(BG) yourselves for a little while
    until his wrath(BH) has passed by.(BI)
21 See, the Lord is coming(BJ) out of his dwelling(BK)
    to punish(BL) the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood(BM) shed on it;
    the earth will conceal its slain no longer.

Deliverance of Israel

27 In that day,(BN)

the Lord will punish with his sword(BO)—
    his fierce, great and powerful sword—
Leviathan(BP) the gliding serpent,(BQ)
    Leviathan the coiling serpent;
he will slay the monster(BR) of the sea.

2 In that day(BS)—

“Sing(BT) about a fruitful vineyard:(BU)
3     I, the Lord, watch over it;
    I water(BV) it continually.
I guard(BW) it day and night
    so that no one may harm(BX) it.
4     I am not angry.
If only there were briers and thorns confronting me!
    I would march against them in battle;
    I would set them all on fire.(BY)
5 Or else let them come to me for refuge;(BZ)
    let them make peace(CA) with me,
    yes, let them make peace with me.”

6 In days to come Jacob will take root,(CB)
    Israel will bud and blossom(CC)
    and fill all the world with fruit.(CD)

7 Has the Lord struck her
    as he struck(CE) down those who struck her?
Has she been killed
    as those were killed who killed her?
8 By warfare[c] and exile(CF) you contend with her—
    with his fierce blast he drives her out,
    as on a day the east wind(CG) blows.
9 By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned(CH) for,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:(CI)
When he makes all the altar stones(CJ)
    to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles[d](CK) or incense altars(CL)
    will be left standing.
10 The fortified city stands desolate,(CM)
    an abandoned settlement, forsaken(CN) like the wilderness;
there the calves graze,(CO)
    there they lie down;(CP)
    they strip its branches bare.
11 When its twigs are dry, they are broken off(CQ)
    and women come and make fires(CR) with them.
For this is a people without understanding;(CS)
    so their Maker has no compassion on them,
    and their Creator(CT) shows them no favor.(CU)

12 In that day the Lord will thresh(CV) from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt,(CW) and you, Israel, will be gathered(CX) up one by one. 13 And in that day(CY) a great trumpet(CZ) will sound. Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiled(DA) in Egypt(DB) will come and worship(DC) the Lord on the holy mountain(DD) in Jerusalem.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:8 Or judgments
  2. Isaiah 26:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
  3. Isaiah 27:8 See Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  4. Isaiah 27:9 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
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