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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Isaiah 26 Lamsa Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/26.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/26-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Lamsa</a> > Isaiah 26</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/25.htm" title="Isaiah 25">◄</a> Isaiah 26 <a href="../isaiah/27.htm" title="Isaiah 27">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Lamsa Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>IN that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: O city whose salvation has prevailed, build the walls and the bulwarks;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>Open the gates, that the righteous peoples who keep faith and that the truth may enter in.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>Thou wilt keep us in perfect peace, for in thee we have trusted, O LORD, for ever and ever.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>For the LORD God is an everlasting strength;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>He brings down those that dwell on high; the lofty city, he shall lay it low, even to the ground; he brings it even to the dust.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>The way of the humble is straight; the path of the righteous is straight and level.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is for thy name, and to remembrance of thee.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>My soul has desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early; for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>The wicked has gone far off that he may not learn righteousness; chastisement in the land brings correction; the wicked shall not behold the majesty of the LORD.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>O LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see; but they shall see and be ashamed for the zeal of the people; yea, let the fire of the oven devour thine enemies.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>O LORD, thou wilt give us peace; for thou also hast wrought all our works for us.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>O LORD our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but thy name alone will we mention;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>For they do not raise the dead, they do not raise the mighty men; therefore thou hast visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation; thou hast removed it afar and scattered it to all the ends of the earth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>O LORD, in distress have they sought thee, and in siege they muttered the incantation invoking thy discipline.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>Like a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, and is in pain, and cries out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>We have been with child, we have been in pain like those who brought forth wind; save us lest we perish in the earth, lest the inhabitants of the world come to an end.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>Thy dead men shall live, their dead bodies shall arise. Those who dwell in the dust shall awake and sing, for thy dew is a dew of light, and the land of the giants thou shalt overthrow.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>Come, my people, enter into your chambers and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves as it were for a little time, until my indignation has passed away.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>For, behold, the LORD is coming out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; and the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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