Isaiah 26:16-19
Legacy Standard Bible
16 O Yahweh, they visited You (A)in distress;
They [a]could only whisper a prayer;
Your chastening was upon them.
17 (B)As the [b]woman with child draws near to the time to give birth,
She writhes and cries out in her pangs of labor,
Thus were we before You, O Yahweh.
18 We were [c]with child, we writhed in labor;
We (C)gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish salvation for the earth,
And the (D)inhabitants of the world [d]were not born.
19 Your (E)dead will live;
[e]Their corpses will rise.
You who dwell in the dust, (F)awake and shout for joy,
For your dew is as the dew of the [f]dawn,
And the earth will [g]give birth to the [h]departed spirits.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:16 Lit sound forth a whisper
- Isaiah 26:17 Or pregnant woman
- Isaiah 26:18 Or pregnant
- Isaiah 26:18 Lit had never fallen
- Isaiah 26:19 As in some ancient versions; Heb My
- Isaiah 26:19 Lit lights
- Isaiah 26:19 Lit cause to fall
- Isaiah 26:19 Or shades
Isaiah 26:16-19
International Standard Version
16 Lord, they[a] came to you in distress;
they poured out their secret[b] prayer
when your chastenings were[c] afflicting[d] 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[e] 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![f]
For your dew is like the dew of dawn,
and the earth will give birth to the dead.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:16 So 1QIsaa MT; MTmss LXXmss read we; LXX reads I remembered you
- Isaiah 26:16 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT read out a magical
- Isaiah 26:16 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read your chastening was
- Isaiah 26:16 Lit. upon
- Isaiah 26:18 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks your
- Isaiah 26:19 So 1QIsaa; MT reads Wake up and shout for joy, you; LXX reads Those in the dust will rejoice, for
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