Isaiah 26:19-21
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
19 [a]But your dead shall live, their corpses shall rise!
Awake and sing, you who lie in the dust!
For your dew is a dew of light,
and you cause the land of shades to give birth.(A)
The Lord’s Response[b]
20 Go, my people, enter your chambers,
and close the doors behind you;
Hide yourselves for a brief moment,
until the wrath is past.(B)
21 See, the Lord goes forth from his place,
to punish the wickedness of the earth’s inhabitants;
The earth will reveal the blood shed upon it,
and no longer conceal the slain.(C)
Footnotes
- 26:19 This verse refers not to resurrection of the dead, but to the restoration of the people; cf. Ez 37. The population of Judah was radically reduced by the slaughter and deportations that the historical disasters of the late eighth and seventh centuries B.C. brought upon the country. In this context, a major concern for the future was for an increase in the population, a rebirth of the nation’s life.
- 26:20–21 The time of wrath for Judah would soon be over, and the just punishment of its enemies would begin (cf. Hb 2:1–3).
Isaiah 26:19-21
New International Version
19 But your dead(A) will live, Lord;
their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust(B)
wake up and shout for joy—
your dew(C) is like the dew of the morning;
the earth will give birth to her dead.(D)
20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
and shut the doors(E) behind you;
hide(F) yourselves for a little while
until his wrath(G) has passed by.(H)
21 See, the Lord is coming(I) out of his dwelling(J)
to punish(K) the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood(L) shed on it;
the earth will conceal its slain no longer.
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