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On that day">a</a></span> people will sing this song<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:1 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsac MT read time, this song will be sung; LXX reads time, they will sing that song">b</a></span> in the land of Judah:</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“We have a strong city;</p> <p class="poetry2">God crafts victory,</p> <p class="poetry2">its walls and ramparts.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:1 So 4QIsac; 1QIsaa MT read walls and ramparts; LXX reads wall and rampart">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Open your<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read the">d</a></span> gates,</p> <p class="poetry2">so the righteous nation that safeguards its faith may enter.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You will keep perfectly peaceful<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:3 Lit. peace, peace; so 1QIsaa MT; LXX Syr read peace">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">the one whose mind remains focused on you,</p> <p class="poetry2">because he remains<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:3 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab LXX; 4QIsac MT read trusts">f</a></span> in you.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Trust in the LORD forever,</p> <p class="poetry2">for in the LORD GOD<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:4 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsab reads the LORD God; LXX reads the Lord, the Lord">g</a></span> you have an everlasting rock.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For he has made drunk<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:5 So MT 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsab 4QIsac MT read has brought low; LXX reads has humbled and brought down">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">the inhabitants of the height,</p> <p class="poetry2">the lofty city.</p> <p class="poetry2">He lays it low<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:5 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads He levels it, he levels it">i</a></span> to the ground</p> <p class="poetry2">casting it down to the dust,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>by the feet of the oppressed who trample it,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads The foot tramples it">j</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">by the footsteps of the needy.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads oppressed">k</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“The path of the righteous is level;</p> <p class="poetry2">O Upright One,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:7 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac reads they go straight ahead; LXX lacks this line">l</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">you make safe<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:7 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read smooth or you prepare">m</a></span> the way of justice.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:7 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac; MT LXX read of the righteous ones">n</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Yes, LORD, in the path of your judgments we wait;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads we wait for you">o</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">your name and your Law<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:8 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT read your renown; cf. LXX">p</a></span> are the<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:8 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsab reads my">q</a></span> soul’s desire.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>My soul yearns for you in the night;</p> <p class="poetry2">my spirit within me searches for you.</p> <p class="poetry2">For when your judgments come upon the earth,</p> <p class="poetry2">the world’s inhabitants learn righteousness.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>If favor is shown to the wicked,</p> <p class="poetry2">they don’t learn righteousness;</p> <p class="poetry2">even in a land of uprightness they act perversely</p> <p class="poetry2">and do not perceive the majesty of the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“LORD, your hand is lifted up,</p> <p class="poetry2">but they do not see it.</p> <p class="poetry2">And<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:11 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX; the Heb. lacks And">r</a></span> let them see your zeal for your<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:11 Lit. the; so 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks your">s</a></span> people</p> <p class="poetry2">and be put to shame—</p> <p class="poetry2">yes, let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>LORD, you will decide<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:12 So 1QIsaa; MT reads prepare or give; LXX reads LORD, give">t</a></span> peace for us,</p> <p class="poetry2">for you have indeed accomplished</p> <p class="poetry2">all our achievements for us.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>O LORD our God,</p> <p class="poetry2">other lords besides you have ruled over us,</p> <p class="poetry2">but through you alone</p> <p class="poetry2">we acknowledge your name.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The dead won’t live,</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsaa corrector MT lack and">u</a></span> the departed spirits won’t rise—</p> <p class="poetry2">to that end, you punished and destroyed them,</p> <p class="poetry2">then locked away<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:14 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read wiped out">v</a></span> all memory of them.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“But you have enlarged the nation,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:15 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab">w</a></span> LORD;</p> <p class="poetry2">you have enlarged the nation.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:15 So 1QIsaa; MTms lacks this line">x</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">You have gained honor;</p> <p class="poetry2">you have extended all the borders of the land.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>LORD, they<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:16 So 1QIsaa MT; MTmss LXXmss read we; LXX reads I remembered you">y</a></span> came to you in distress;</p> <p class="poetry2">they poured out their secret<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:16 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT read out a magical">z</a></span> prayer</p> <p class="poetry2">when your chastenings were<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:16 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read your chastening was">aa</a></span> afflicting<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:16 Lit. upon">bb</a></span> them.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Just as a pregnant woman writhes</p> <p class="poetry2">and cries out during her labor</p> <p class="poetry2">when she is about to give birth,</p> <p class="poetry2">so were we because of you, LORD.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>We were pregnant, writhing in pain,</p> <p class="poetry2">but we gave birth only to wind.</p> <p class="poetry2">We have not won your<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:18 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks your">cc</a></span> victory on earth,</p> <p class="poetry2">nor have the inhabitants of the world been born.”</p> <p class="heading">The Resurrection of the Dead</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“But your dead will live; their bodies will rise.</p> <p class="poetry2">Those who live in the dust will wake up and shout for joy!<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:19 So 1QIsaa; MT reads Wake up and shout for joy, you; LXX reads Those in the dust will rejoice, for">dd</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">For your dew is like the dew of dawn,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the earth will give birth to the dead.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Come, my people, enter your rooms</p> <p class="poetry2">and shut your doors<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:20 So 1QIsaa MT; MTqere reads door">ee</a></span> behind you.</p> <p class="poetry2">Hide yourselves<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="26:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads yourself ">ff</a></span> for a little while</p> <p class="poetry2">until the fury has passed by.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/26-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For see, the LORD is coming from his place</p> <p class="poetry2">to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their sins;</p> <p class="poetry2">the earth will reveal the blood that has been shed on it,</p> <p class="poetry2">and will no longer conceal its slain.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 26:1 Lit. <i>On that day</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 26:1 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsac MT read<i> time, this song will be sung</i>; LXX reads <i>time, they will sing that song</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 26:1 So 4QIsac; 1QIsaa MT read <i>walls and ramparts</i>; LXX reads <i>wall and rampart</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 26:2 So 1QIsaa;MT LXX read <i>the</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 26:3 Lit. <i>peace, peace</i>; so 1QIsaa MT; LXX Syr read <i>peace</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 26:3 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab LXX; 4QIsac MT read <i>trusts</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 26:4 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsab reads <i>the</i> LORD <i>God</i>; LXX reads <i>the Lord, the Lord</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 26:5 So MT 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsab 4QIsac MT read <i>has brought low</i>; LXX reads <i>has humbled and brought down</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 26:5 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>He levels it, he levels it</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 26:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>The foot tramples it</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 26:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>oppressed</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 26:7 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac reads <i>they go straight ahead</i>; LXX lacks this line<br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 26:7 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>smooth</i> or <i>you prepare</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 26:7 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac; MT LXX read <i>of the righteous ones</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 26:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>we wait for you</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 26:8 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT read <i>your renown</i>; cf. LXX<br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 26:8 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsab reads <i>my</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 26:11 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX; the Heb. lacks <i>And</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 26:11 Lit. <i>the</i>; so 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks <i>your</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 26:12 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>prepare</i> or <i>give</i>; LXX reads <i>LORD, give</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 26:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsaa corrector MT lack <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 26:14 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>wiped out</i><br /><span class="fnb">w</span> 26:15 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab<br /><span class="fnb">x</span> 26:15 So 1QIsaa; MTms lacks this line<br /><span class="fnb">y</span> 26:16 So 1QIsaa MT; MTmss LXXmss read <i>we; </i>LXXreads <i>I remembered you</i><br /><span class="fnb">z</span> 26:16 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT read <i>out a magical</i><br /><span class="fnb">aa</span> 26:16 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>your chastening was</i><br /><span class="fnb">bb</span> 26:16 Lit. <i>upon</i><br /><span class="fnb">cc</span> 26:18 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks <i>your</i><br /><span class="fnb">dd</span> 26:19 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>Wake up and shout for joy</i>, <i>you</i>; LXX reads <i>Those in the dust will rejoice, for</i><br /><span class="fnb">ee</span> 26:20 So 1QIsaa MT; MTqere reads <i>door</i><br /><span class="fnb">ff</span> 26:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>yourself</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/isaiah/26-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>