Isaiah 26:1WEB
In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.
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Isaiah 26:1WEB
In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.
Isaiah 26:2WEB
Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith.
Isaiah 26:3WEB
You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
Isaiah 26:4WEB
Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Isaiah 26:5WEB
For he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city. He lays it low. He lays it low even to the ground. He brings it even to the dust.
Isaiah 26:6WEB
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy.”
Isaiah 26:7WEB
The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.
Isaiah 26:8WEB
Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Isaiah 26:9WEB
With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Isaiah 26:10WEB
Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see Yahweh’s majesty.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Isaiah 26:11WEB
Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Isaiah 26:12WEB
Yahweh, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Isaiah 26:13WEB
Yahweh our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us, but we will only acknowledge your name.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Isaiah 26:14WEB
The dead shall not live. The departed spirits shall not rise. Therefore you have visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.
Isaiah 26:15WEB
You have increased the nation, O Yahweh. You have increased the nation! You are glorified! You have enlarged all the borders of the land.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Isaiah 26:16WEB
Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Isaiah 26:17WEB
Just as a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs, so we have been before you, Yahweh.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Isaiah 26:18WEB
We have been with child. We have been in pain. We gave birth, it seems, only to wind. We have not worked any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
Isaiah 26:19WEB
Your dead shall live. Their dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.
Isaiah 26:20WEB
Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.
Isaiah 26:21WEB
For, behold, Yahweh comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.