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Isaiah 26
A song put in the mouth of Judah, sung after the judgments of chapters 24-25. It opens by contrasting two cities: the "strong city" whose walls are salvation, and the "lofty city" God lays low to the dust, trodden by the feet of the poor. Read it as a night-prayer that turns honest. The singers admit their labor came to nothing — they gave birth "only to wind" — yet the answer is a promise that the dead bodies of God's people will rise and sing.
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In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.
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Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith.
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You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
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Trust in the LORD forever; for in the LORD, the LORD, is an everlasting Rock.
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For he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city. He lays it low. He lays it low even to the ground. He brings it even to the dust.
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The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy.”
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The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.
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Yes, in the way of your judgments, LORD, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
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With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
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Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see the LORD’s majesty.
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LORD, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.
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LORD, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us.
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LORD our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us, but we will only acknowledge your name.
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The dead shall not live. The departed spirits shall not rise. Therefore you have visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.
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You have increased the nation, O LORD. You have increased the nation! You are glorified! You have enlarged all the borders of the land.
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LORD, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
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Just as a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs, so we have been before you, LORD.
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We have been with child. We have been in pain. We gave birth, it seems, only to wind. We have not worked any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
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Your dead shall live. Their dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.
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Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.
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For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.
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Naquele dia, este cântico será cantado na terra de Judá: “Temos uma cidade forte. Deus estabelece a salvação como muros e baluartes.
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Abram as portas, para que a nação justa possa entrar: aquela que se mantém fiel.
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Você guardará em perfeita paz aquele cuja mente é firme, porque ele confia em você.
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Confiem no SENHOR para sempre; pois no SENHOR, o SENHOR, está a Rocha eterna.
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Pois ele derrubou os que habitam no alto, a cidade elevada. Ele a rebaixa. Ele a rebaixa até o chão. Ele a reduz até o pó.
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O pé a pisará, os pés dos pobres e os passos dos necessitados.”
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O caminho do justo é a retidão. Você, que é reto, torna plano o caminho do justo.
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Sim, no caminho dos seus juízos, SENHOR, nós esperamos por você. O seu nome e o seu renome são o desejo da nossa alma.
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Com a minha alma eu o desejei de noite. Sim, com o meu espírito dentro de mim eu o buscarei ansiosamente; pois quando os seus juízos estão na terra, os habitantes do mundo aprendem a justiça.
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Ainda que se mostre favor ao ímpio, mesmo assim ele não aprenderá a justiça. Na terra da retidão ele agirá injustamente, e não verá a majestade do SENHOR.
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SENHOR, a sua mão está levantada, mas eles não veem; porém, eles verão o seu zelo pelo povo e ficarão envergonhados. Sim, o fogo consumirá os seus adversários.
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SENHOR, você estabelecerá a paz para nós, pois você também realizou todas as nossas obras por nós.
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SENHOR nosso Deus, outros senhores além de você tiveram domínio sobre nós, mas nós reconheceremos apenas o seu nome.
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Os mortos não viverão. Os espíritos dos mortos não ressuscitarão. Portanto, você os castigou e os destruiu, e fez perecer toda a lembrança deles.
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Você multiplicou a nação, ó SENHOR. Você multiplicou a nação! Você é glorificado! Você expandiu todas as fronteiras da terra.
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SENHOR, na angústia eles o buscaram. Eles derramaram uma oração quando o seu castigo estava sobre eles.
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Assim como uma mulher grávida, que se aproxima da hora do parto, sente dores e grita em suas contrações, assim estivemos nós diante de você, SENHOR.
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Nós estivemos grávidos. Nós sentimos dores. Demos à luz, ao que parece, apenas vento. Não trouxemos nenhum livramento à terra; nem caíram os habitantes do mundo.
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Os seus mortos viverão. Os seus cadáveres ressuscitarão. Despertem e cantem, vocês que habitam no pó; pois o seu orvalho é como o orvalho das ervas, e a terra lançará fora os espíritos dos mortos.
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Venha, meu povo, entre em seus quartos, e feche as portas atrás de você. Esconda-se por um breve momento, até que a indignação tenha passado.
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Pois, eis que o SENHOR sai do seu lugar para punir os habitantes da terra por sua iniquidade. A terra também revelará o seu sangue, e não cobrirá mais os seus mortos.
From failed labor to resurrection
The chapter's hinge is the birth metaphor of verses 17-18: Judah strained like a woman in childbirth and delivered nothing that saved the land. Against that confessed failure stands verse 19's reversal — "Your dead shall live" — one of the Old Testament's clearest hopes of bodily resurrection.
The closing command (v. 20-21) tells the people to step inside and shut the door for "a little moment" while indignation passes, picturing God coming out of his place to call the earth to account for shed blood.
Context layers
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- FaithWhat faith means in the Bible, how it differs from vague belief, and how to read it without turning it into self-confidence.
- JudgmentWhat judgment means in the Bible, how it relates to justice, mercy, and final accountability, and where to read it without flattening it into threat or embarrassment.
- PeaceWhat peace means in the Bible, how it relates to reconciliation with God, and why it is more than calm feelings or conflict avoidance.
- PrayerWhat prayer means in the Bible, how it includes more than asking for things, and where Scripture teaches it most clearly.
- Hebrews 11:1-6Key passage connected to Faith.
- Romans 1:16-17Key passage connected to Faith.
- Galatians 2:20Key passage connected to Faith.
- Isaiah 33:22Key passage connected to Judgment.
- Romans 2:5-8Key passage connected to Judgment.
- Revelation 20:11-15Key passage connected to Judgment.
- Isaiah 9:6-7Key passage connected to Peace.
- Romans 5:1Key passage connected to Peace.
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