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he brings it down to the ground;</p><p class="poem">he throws it to the dust.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.26.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Feet trample it,</p><p class="poem">the feet of the humble,</p><p class="poem">the steps of the poor.</p></blockquote><h3 class="head1">God’s People Vindicated</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.26.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The path of the righteous is level;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.26.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">you clear a straight path for the righteous.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.26.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Yes, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, we wait for you</p><p class="poem">in the path of your judgments.</p><p class="poem">Our desire is for your name and renown.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.26.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.26.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I long for you in the night;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.26.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">yes, my spirit within me diligently seeks you,</p><p class="poem">for when your judgments are in the land,</p><p class="poem">the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.26.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But if the wicked man is shown favor,</p><p class="poem">he does not learn righteousness.</p><p class="poem">In a righteous land he acts unjustly</p><p class="poem">and does not see the majesty of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.26.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, your hand is lifted up to take action,</p><p class="poem">but they do not see it.</p><p class="poem">Let them see your zeal for your people</p><p class="poem">and be put to shame.</p><p class="poem">Let fire consume your adversaries.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.26.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, you will establish peace for us,</p><p class="poem">for you have also done all our work for us.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.26.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> our God, lords other than you have owned<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.26.13.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> us,</p><p class="poem">but we remember your name alone.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.26.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.26.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The dead do not live;</p><p class="poem">departed spirits do not rise up.</p><p class="poem">Indeed, you have punished and destroyed them;</p><p class="poem">you have wiped out all memory of them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.26.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.26.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You have added to the nation, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.26.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">You have added to the nation; you are honored.</p><p class="poem">You have expanded all the borders of the land.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.26.15.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.26.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, they went to you in their distress;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.26.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">they poured out whispered prayers</p><p class="poem">because your discipline fell on them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.26.16.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.26.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>As a pregnant woman about to give birth</p><p class="poem">writhes and cries out in her pains,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.26.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">so we were before you, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.26.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>We became pregnant, we writhed in pain;</p><p class="poem">we gave birth to wind.</p><p class="poem">We have won no victories on earth,</p><p class="poem">and the earth’s inhabitants have not fallen.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.26.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Your dead will live; their bodies<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.26.19.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> will rise.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.26.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust!</p><p class="poem">For you will be covered with the morning dew,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.26.19.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem">and the earth will bring out the departed spirits.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.26.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Go, my people, enter your rooms</p><p class="poem">and close your doors behind you.</p><p class="poem">Hide for a little while until the wrath has passed.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.26.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.26.21" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For look, the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> is coming from his place<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.26.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.26.21.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">The earth will reveal the blood shed on it</p><p class="poem">and will no longer conceal her slain.</p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Isaiah.26" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Isaiah.26.13.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.13">26:13</a></span> Or <span class="italic">married</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.26.16.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.16">26:16</a></span> Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.26.19.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.19">26:19</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">live; my body they</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.26.19.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.19">26:19</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">For your dew is a dew of lights</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Isaiah.26" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.26.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.1">26:1</a></span> Is 60:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.26.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.3">26:3</a></span> Is 26:12; 27:5; 57:19; 66:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.26.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.4">26:4</a></span> Ps 73:26; Is 17:10; 30:29; 44:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.26.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.5">26:5-6</a></span> Is 25:10–12</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.26.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.7">26:7</a></span> Ps 27:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.26.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.8">26:8</a></span> Ex 3:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.26.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.9">26:9</a></span> Ps 77:2; 84:2; 119:20,81</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.26.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.13">26:13</a></span> Jn 10:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.26.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.14">26:14</a></span> Jb 18:17; Ps 9:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.26.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.15">26:15</a></span> Is 9:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.26.15.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.15">26:15</a></span> Is 33:17; 54:2–3</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.26.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.16">26:16</a></span> Is 37:3; Hs 5:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.26.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.17">26:17</a></span> Is 13:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.26.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.19">26:19</a></span> Is 25:8; Ezk 37:1–14; Dn 12:2; Hs 13:14; Mt 11:5; Lk 7:22; Jn 8:51</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.26.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.20">26:20</a></span> Is 10:5,25; 13:5; 34:2; 66:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.26.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.21">26:21</a></span> Mc 1:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.26.21.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.26.21">26:21</a></span> Is 13:11</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Isaiah.26" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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