18 We have conceived, we have born in pain, as though we should have brought forth [a]wind: there was no help in the earth, neither did the inhabitants of [b]the world fall.

19 [c]Thy dead men shall live: even with my body shall they rise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy [d]dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

20 Come, my people: [e]enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors after thee: hide thyself for a very little while, until the indignation pass over.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:18 Our sorrows had none end, neither did we enjoy the comfort that we looked for.
  2. Isaiah 26:18 The wicked and men without religion were not destroyed.
  3. Isaiah 26:19 He comforteth the faithful in their afflictions, showing them that even in death they shall have life: and that they should most certainly rise to glory, the contrary should come to the wicked, as verse 14.
  4. Isaiah 26:19 As herbs dead in winter flourisheth again by the rain in the springtime: so they that lie in the dust, shall rise up to joy, when they feel the dew of God’s grace.
  5. Isaiah 26:20 He exhorteth the faithful to be patient in their afflictions, and to wait upon God’s work.

18 We were with child, we writhed in labor,
    but we gave birth(A) to wind.
We have not brought salvation(B) to the earth,
    and the people of the world have not come to life.(C)

19 But your dead(D) will live, Lord;
    their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust(E)
    wake up and shout for joy—
your dew(F) is like the dew of the morning;
    the earth will give birth to her dead.(G)

20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
    and shut the doors(H) behind you;
hide(I) yourselves for a little while
    until his wrath(J) has passed by.(K)

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