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Isaiah 26:16-21
Expanded Bible
Isaiah 26:16-21
Expanded Bible
16 Lord, people ·remember [seek; come to] you when they are in trouble;
they ·say quiet prayers to you [or utter incantations] when you punish them.
17 Lord, ·when we are with you [or because of you],
we are like a woman giving birth to a baby;
she cries and has pain from the birth.
18 ·In the same way [L We were pregnant/conceived], we ·had pain [writhed; strained].
We gave birth, but only to wind.
We ·don’t bring [or can’t bring; haven’t brought] salvation to the ·land [earth]
·or given birth to new people for the world [L nor have the inhabitants of the earth fallen].
19 Your dead will live again;
their bodies will rise from death.
You who ·lie in the ground [L dwell in the dust],
wake up and ·be happy [shout joyfully]!
·The dew covering you [L Your dew] is ·like the dew of a new day [L a dew of lights];
the ·ground [earth] will give birth to the dead.
Judgment: Reward or Punishment
20 My people, go into your ·rooms [chambers; inner rooms]
and shut your doors behind you.
Hide in your rooms for a short time
until God’s anger ·is finished [has passed by].
21 [L For look/T behold] The Lord ·will leave [is coming out of] his place
to punish the ·people [inhabitants] of the world for their sins.
The earth will ·show [reveal; disclose] ·the blood of the people who have been killed [L its blood];
it will not cover ·the dead [its slain] any longer.
Isaiah 26:16-21
New International Version
Isaiah 26:16-21
New International Version
16 Lord, they came to you in their distress;(A)
when you disciplined(B) them,
they could barely whisper(C) a prayer.[a]
17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth(D)
writhes and cries out in her pain,
so were we in your presence, Lord.
18 We were with child, we writhed in labor,
but we gave birth(E) to wind.
We have not brought salvation(F) to the earth,
and the people of the world have not come to life.(G)
19 But your dead(H) will live, Lord;
their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust(I)
wake up and shout for joy—
your dew(J) is like the dew of the morning;
the earth will give birth to her dead.(K)
20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
and shut the doors(L) behind you;
hide(M) yourselves for a little while
until his wrath(N) has passed by.(O)
21 See, the Lord is coming(P) out of his dwelling(Q)
to punish(R) the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood(S) shed on it;
the earth will conceal its slain no longer.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
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