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World English Bible

Isaiah 26 (WEBP)

[1] 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.
[2] Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith.
[3] You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
[4] Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.
[5] 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.
[6] The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy.”
[7] The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.
[8] Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
[9] 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 on the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
[10] 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 Yahweh’s majesty.
[11] Yahweh, 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.
[12] Yahweh, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us.
[13] Yahweh our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us, but we will only acknowledge your name.
[14] 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.
[15] You have increased the nation, O Yahweh. You have increased the nation! You are glorified! You have enlarged all the borders of the land.
[16] Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
[17] 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, Yahweh.
[18] We have been with child. We have been in pain. We gave birth, it seems, only to wind. We have not worked any deliverance on the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
[19] 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.
[20] Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.
[21] For, behold, Yahweh 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.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 26 (KJVS)

[1] In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
[2] Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
[3] Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
[4] Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
[5] for he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
[6] The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
[7] The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
[8] Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
[9] With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
[10] Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
[11] Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
[12] Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
[13] O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
[14] They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
[15] Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
[16] Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
[17] Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.
[18] We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
[19] Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
[20] Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
[21] For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

Isaiah 26:2 Heb. truths
Isaiah 26:3a Heb. peace, peace
Isaiah 26:3b Or, thought, or imagination
Isaiah 26:4 Heb. the rock of ages
Isaiah 26:11 Or, towards thy people
Isaiah 26:12 Or, for us
Isaiah 26:16 Heb. secret speech
Isaiah 26:21 Heb. bloods

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 26 (BYZ)

[1] Τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () ᾄσονται () τὸ () ᾆσμα τοῦτο () ἐπὶ () γῆς () Ιουδα λέγοντες () Ἰδοὺ () πόλις () ὀχυρά, καὶ () σωτήριον () ἡμῶν () θήσει () τεῖχος () καὶ () περίτειχος.
[2] Ἀνοίξατε () πύλας, () εἰσελθάτω () λαὸς () φυλάσσων () δικαιοσύνην () καὶ () φυλάσσων () ἀλήθειαν, ()
[3] ἀντιλαμβανόμενος () ἀληθείας () καὶ () φυλάσσων () εἰρήνην. () Ὅτι () ἐπὶ () σοὶ ()
[4] ἤλπισαν, () κύριε, () ἕως () τοῦ () αἰῶνος, () ὁ () θεὸς () ὁ () μέγας () ὁ () αἰώνιος, ()
[5] ὃς () ταπεινώσας () κατήγαγες () τοὺς () ἐνοικοῦντας () ἐν () ὑψηλοῖς· () πόλεις () ὀχυρὰς καταβαλεῖς () καὶ () κατάξεις () ἕως () ἐδάφους, ()
[6] καὶ () πατήσουσιν () αὐτοὺς () πόδες () πραέων καὶ () ταπεινῶν. ()
[7] Ὁδὸς () εὐσεβῶν () εὐθεῖα () ἐγένετο, () καὶ () παρεσκευασμένη () ἡ () ὁδὸς () τῶν () εὐσεβῶν. ()
[8] Ἡ () γὰρ () ὁδὸς () κυρίου () κρίσις· () ἠλπίσαμεν () ἐπὶ () τῷ () ὀνόματί () σου () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τῇ () μνείᾳ, ()
[9] ᾗ () ἐπιθυμεῖ () ἡ () ψυχὴ () ἡμῶν. () Ἐκ () νυκτὸς () ὀρθρίζει () τὸ () πνεῦμά () μου () πρὸς () σέ, () ὁ () θεός, () διότι () φῶς () τὰ () προστάγματά σου () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς. () Δικαιοσύνην () μάθετε, () οἱ () ἐνοικοῦντες () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[10] Πέπαυται () γὰρ () ὁ () ἀσεβής, () οὐ () μὴ () μάθῃ () δικαιοσύνην () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς, () ἀλήθειαν () οὐ () μὴ () ποιήσῃ· () ἀρθήτω () ὁ () ἀσεβής, () ἵνα () μὴ () ἴδῃ () τὴν () δόξαν () κυρίου. ()
[11] Κύριε, () ὑψηλός () σου () ὁ () βραχίων, () καὶ () οὐκ () ᾔδεισαν, () γνόντες () δὲ () αἰσχυνθήσονται· () ζῆλος () λήμψεται () λαὸν () ἀπαίδευτον, () καὶ () νῦν () πῦρ () τοὺς () ὑπεναντίους () ἔδεται.—
[12] κύριε () ὁ () θεὸς () ἡμῶν, () εἰρήνην () δὸς () ἡμῖν, () πάντα () γὰρ () ἀπέδωκας () ἡμῖν. ()
[13] Κύριε () ὁ () θεὸς () ἡμῶν, () κτῆσαι () ἡμᾶς· () κύριε, () ἐκτὸς () σοῦ () ἄλλον () οὐκ () οἴδαμεν, () τὸ () ὄνομά () σου () ὀνομάζομεν. ()
[14] Οἱ () δὲ () νεκροὶ () ζωὴν () οὐ () μὴ () ἴδωσιν, () οὐδὲ () ἰατροὶ () οὐ () μὴ () ἀναστήσωσιν· () διὰ () τοῦτο () ἐπήγαγες () καὶ () ἀπώλεσας () καὶ () ἦρας () πᾶν () ἄρσεν () αὐτῶν. ()
[15] Πρόσθες () αὐτοῖς () κακά, () κύριε, () πρόσθες () κακὰ () πᾶσιν () τοῖς () ἐνδόξοις () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[16] Κύριε, () ἐν () θλίψει () ἐμνήσθην () σου, () ἐν () θλίψει () μικρᾷ ἡ () παιδεία () σου () ἡμῖν. ()
[17] Καὶ () ὡς () ἡ () ὠδίνουσα () ἐγγίζει () τοῦ () τεκεῖν () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τῇ () ὠδῖνι () αὐτῆς () ἐκέκραξεν, () οὕτως () ἐγενήθημεν () τῷ () ἀγαπητῷ () σου () διὰ () τὸν () φόβον () σου, () κύριε. ()
[18] Ἐν () γαστρὶ () ἐλάβομεν () καὶ () ὠδινήσαμεν () καὶ () ἐτέκομεν· () πνεῦμα () σωτηρίας () σου () ἐποιήσαμεν () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς, () ἀλλὰ () πεσοῦνται () οἱ () ἐνοικοῦντες () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[19] Ἀναστήσονται () οἱ () νεκροί, () καὶ () ἐγερθήσονται () οἱ () ἐν () τοῖς () μνημείοις, () καὶ () εὐφρανθήσονται () οἱ () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ· () ἡ () γὰρ () δρόσος ἡ () παρὰ () σοῦ () ἴαμα () αὐτοῖς () ἐστιν, () ἡ () δὲ () γῆ () τῶν () ἀσεβῶν () πεσεῖται. ()—
[20] βάδιζε, λαός () μου, () εἴσελθε () εἰς () τὰ () ταμίειά () σου, () ἀπόκλεισον () τὴν () θύραν () σου, () ἀποκρύβηθι () μικρὸν ὅσον () ὅσον, () ἕως () ἂν () παρέλθῃ () ἡ () ὀργὴ () κυρίου· ()
[21] ἰδοὺ () γὰρ () κύριος () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () ἁγίου () ἐπάγει () τὴν () ὀργὴν () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () ἐνοικοῦντας () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς, () καὶ () ἀνακαλύψει () ἡ () γῆ () τὸ () αἷμα () αὐτῆς () καὶ () οὐ () κατακαλύψει () τοὺς () ἀνῃρημένους. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.