Isaiah 26

Isaiah 26 is a song of trust in YHWH as the eternal Rock, celebrating His humbling of lofty cities for the poor to trample, perfect peace for the steadfast, judgment on the wicked who ignore His majesty, and expansion of His nation despite past distress.[1][2][3] It prophesies resurrection of the righteous like dew awakening the dead, urging YHWH's people to hide in chambers until His indignation passes, when He punishes earth's inhabitants and uncovers bloodshed.[1][2][4]

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Verse 1
in that day in the day in that day that he that will be sung he will be sung will be sung song the song the song this this one this in the land in land in land of Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah city watchful settlement city strong strong strong for us — for us salvation deliverance deliverance He will set he sets he will set walls enclosing walls of enclosing walls of and ramparts encircling rampart and rampart
בַּ/יּ֣וֹם 𐤁/𐤉𐤅𐤌 bayom in that day in the day in that day HRd/Ncmsa הַ/ה֔וּא 𐤄/𐤄𐤅𐤀 hahu that he that HTd/Pp3ms יוּשַׁ֥ר 𐤉𐤅𐤔𐤓 yushar will be sung he will be sung will be sung HVHi3ms הַ/שִּׁיר 𐤄/𐤔𐤉𐤓 hashir song the song the song HTd/Ncbsa הַ/זֶּ֖ה 𐤄/𐤆𐤄 hazeh this this one this HTd/Pdxms בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ 𐤁/𐤀𐤓𐤑 beerets Ayé (Yoruba) in the land in land in land HR/Ncbsc יְהוּדָ֑ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 yehudah of Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah HNp עִ֣יר 𐤏𐤉𐤓 ir city watchful settlement city HNcfsc עָז 𐤏𐤆 az strong strong strong HNcmsa לָ֔/נוּ 𐤋/𐤍𐤅 lanu for us for us HR/Sp1cp יְשׁוּעָ֥ה 𐤉𐤔𐤅𐤏𐤄 yeshuah salvation deliverance deliverance HNcfsa יָשִׁ֖ית 𐤉𐤔𐤉𐤕 yashit He will set he sets he will set HVqi3ms חוֹמ֥וֹת 𐤇𐤅𐤌𐤅𐤕 chomot walls enclosing walls of enclosing walls of HNcfpa וָ/חֵֽל 𐤅/𐤇𐤋 vachel and ramparts encircling rampart and rampart HC/Ncmsa
Verse 5
For for/because for he has brought down he caused to bow down he caused to bow down the inhabitants dwellers of dwellers of of the height lofty height lofty height the lofty city urban center urban center the exalted she set on high she set on high he lays it low he will bring her low he will bring her low he lays it low he will bring her low he will bring her low to up to up to the ground land land he casts it he will strike her it will reach her to up to up to the dust dust dust
כִּ֤י 𐤊𐤉 ki For for/because for HC הֵשַׁח֙ 𐤄𐤔𐤇 heshach he has brought down he caused to bow down he caused to bow down HVhp3ms יֹשְׁבֵ֣י 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤉 yoshevey the inhabitants dwellers of dwellers of HVqrmpc מָר֔וֹם 𐤌𐤓𐤅𐤌 marom of the height lofty height lofty height HNcmsa קִרְיָ֖ה 𐤒𐤓𐤉𐤄 qireyah the lofty city urban center urban center HNcfsa נִשְׂגָּבָ֑ה 𐤍𐤔𐤂𐤁𐤄 nisegavah the exalted she set on high she set on high HVNrfsa יַשְׁפִּילֶ֤/נָּה 𐤉𐤔𐤐𐤉𐤋/𐤍𐤄 yashepilenah he lays it low he will bring her low he will bring her low HVhi3ms/Sp3fs יַשְׁפִּילָ/הּ֙ 𐤉𐤔𐤐𐤉𐤋/𐤄 yashepilah he lays it low he will bring her low he will bring her low HVhi3ms/Sp3fs עַד 𐤏𐤃 ad to up to up to HR אֶ֔רֶץ 𐤀𐤓𐤑 erets Ayé (Yoruba) the ground land land HNcbsa יַגִּיעֶ֖/נָּה 𐤉𐤂𐤉𐤏/𐤍𐤄 yagienah he casts it he will strike her it will reach her HVhi3ms/Sp3fs עַד 𐤏𐤃 ad-2 to up to up to HR עָפָֽר 𐤏𐤐𐤓 afar the dust dust dust HNcmsa
Verse 9
my soul my living being my life I have yearned for you I have intensely desired you I have intensely desired you in the night in the night in the night yes indeed indeed my spirit my breath-spirit my breath-spirit within me my inner-near part within me I will seek you early I earnestly-seek you I earnestly seek you for for/because for when as that which as when your judgments your judicial rulings your judgments the earth to the land upon the earth righteousness righteousness righteousness they have learned they learned they learn inhabitants dwellers of dwellers of of the world inhabited world inhabited world
נַפְשִׁ֤/י 𐤍𐤐𐤔/𐤉 nafeshi my soul my living being my life HNcbsc/Sp1cs אִוִּיתִ֨י/ךָ֙ 𐤀𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤉/𐤊 ivitikha I have yearned for you I have intensely desired you I have intensely desired you HVpp1cs/Sp2ms בַּ/לַּ֔יְלָה 𐤁/𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤄 balayelah in the night in the night in the night HRd/Ncmsa אַף 𐤀𐤐 af yes indeed indeed HTa רוּחִ֥/י 𐤓𐤅𐤇/𐤉 ruchi my spirit my breath-spirit my breath-spirit HNcbsc/Sp1cs בְ/קִרְבִּ֖/י 𐤁/𐤒𐤓𐤁/𐤉 veqirebi within me my inner-near part within me HR/Ncmsc/Sp1cs אֲשַֽׁחֲרֶ֑/ךָּ 𐤀𐤔𐤇𐤓/𐤊 ashacharekha I will seek you early I earnestly-seek you I earnestly seek you HVpi1cs/Sp2ms כִּ֞י 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for HC כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֤ר 𐤊/𐤀𐤔𐤓 kaasher when as that which as when HR/Tr מִשְׁפָּטֶ֨י/ךָ֙ 𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤈𐤉/𐤊 mishepateykha your judgments your judicial rulings your judgments HNcmpc/Sp2ms לָ/אָ֔רֶץ 𐤋/𐤀𐤓𐤑 laarets Ayé (Yoruba) the earth to the land upon the earth HRd/Ncbsa צֶ֥דֶק 𐤑𐤃𐤒 tsedeq righteousness righteousness righteousness HNcmsa לָמְד֖וּ 𐤋𐤌𐤃𐤅 lamedu lemba (Kikongo) they have learned they learned they learn HVqp3cp יֹשְׁבֵ֥י 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤉 yoshevey inhabitants dwellers of dwellers of HVqrmpc תֵבֵֽל 𐤕𐤁𐤋 tevel of the world inhabited world inhabited world HNcfsa
Verse 10
is shown favor he will be shown favor he will be shown favor the wicked wicked man wicked man not not at all not at all he learns he learned he learned righteousness righteousness righteousness in land in land in land of uprightnesses straightforwardnesses straightforwardnesses he deals unjustly he perpetrates injustice he perpetrates injustice and not and not at all and not at all he sees he sees he will see majesty exalted-majesty of exalted-majesty of of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh
יֻחַ֤ן 𐤉𐤇𐤍 yuchan kana (Kikongo) is shown favor he will be shown favor he will be shown favor HVHi3ms רָשָׁע֙ 𐤓𐤔𐤏 rasha the wicked wicked man wicked man HAamsa בַּל 𐤁𐤋 bal not not at all not at all HTn לָמַ֣ד 𐤋𐤌𐤃 lamad lemba (Kikongo) he learns he learned he learned HVqp3ms צֶ֔דֶק 𐤑𐤃𐤒 tsedeq righteousness righteousness righteousness HNcmsa בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ 𐤁/𐤀𐤓𐤑 beerets Ayé (Yoruba) in land in land in land HR/Ncbsc נְכֹח֖וֹת 𐤍𐤊𐤇𐤅𐤕 nekhochot of uprightnesses straightforwardnesses straightforwardnesses HAafpa יְעַוֵּ֑ל 𐤉𐤏𐤅𐤋 yeavel he deals unjustly he perpetrates injustice he perpetrates injustice HVpi3ms וּ/בַל 𐤅/𐤁𐤋 uval and not and not at all and not at all HC/Tn יִרְאֶ֖ה 𐤉𐤓𐤀𐤄 yireeh he sees he sees he will see HVqi3ms גֵּא֥וּת 𐤂𐤀𐤅𐤕 geut majesty exalted-majesty of exalted-majesty of HNcfsc יְהוָֽה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp
Verse 11
the LORD Yahweh Yahweh is-lifted-up rising one is lifted up your-hand your hand your hand not not at all not they-will-see-it they will behold they will see it they-will-see they will behold they will see and-they-will-be-ashamed and they will be ashamed and they will be ashamed zeal-of ardent zeal of ardent jealousy of the-people gathered people people indeed indeed indeed fire fire fire your-enemies your constrictors your troublers will-devour-them she will consume them it will eat them
יְהוָ֛ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp רָ֥מָה 𐤓𐤌𐤄 ramah is-lifted-up rising one is lifted up HVqp3fs יָדְ/ךָ֖ 𐤉𐤃/𐤊 yadekha your-hand your hand your hand HNcbsc/Sp2ms בַּל 𐤁𐤋 bal not not at all not HTn יֶחֱזָי֑וּ/ן 𐤉𐤇𐤆𐤉𐤅/𐤍 yechezayun they-will-see-it they will behold they will see it HVqi3mp/Sn יֶחֱז֤וּ 𐤉𐤇𐤆𐤅 yechezu they-will-see they will behold they will see HVqi3mp וְ/יֵבֹ֨שׁוּ֙ 𐤅/𐤉𐤁𐤔𐤅 veyevoshu and-they-will-be-ashamed and they will be ashamed and they will be ashamed HC/Vqi3mp קִנְאַת 𐤒𐤍𐤀𐤕 qineat zeal-of ardent zeal of ardent jealousy of HNcfsc עָ֔ם 𐤏𐤌 am the-people gathered people people HNcmsa אַף 𐤀𐤐 af indeed indeed indeed HTa אֵ֖שׁ 𐤀𐤔 esh fire fire fire HNcbsc צָרֶ֥י/ךָ 𐤑𐤓𐤉/𐤊 tsareykha your-enemies your constrictors your troublers HNcmpc/Sp2ms תֹאכְלֵֽ/ם 𐤕𐤀𐤊𐤋/𐤌 tokhelem okèlè (Yoruba) will-devour-them she will consume them it will eat them HVqi3fs/Sp3mp
Verse 14
They are dead the dead ones those who die not not at all not at all will they live they will live they will live the departed spirits Rephaim giants Rephaim shades not not at all not at all will they rise they will rise they will rise therefore accordingly therefore you have visited you attended to you attended to and destroyed them you annihilated them and you annihilated them and you have wiped out and she caused to perish and you destroyed all entirety of all of remembrance remembrance-of remembrance of them — of them
מֵתִים֙ 𐤌𐤕𐤉𐤌 metim They are dead the dead ones those who die HVqrmpa בַּל 𐤁𐤋 bal not not at all not at all HTn יִחְי֔וּ 𐤉𐤇𐤉𐤅 yicheyu will they live they will live they will live HVqi3mp רְפָאִ֖ים 𐤓𐤐𐤀𐤉𐤌 refaim the departed spirits Rephaim giants Rephaim shades HNcmpa בַּל 𐤁𐤋 bal-2 not not at all not at all HTn יָקֻ֑מוּ 𐤉𐤒𐤌𐤅 yaqumu uku-ima (Bemba) will they rise they will rise they will rise HVqi3mp לָ/כֵ֤ן 𐤋/𐤊𐤍 lakhen cine (Bemba) therefore accordingly therefore HR/D פָּקַ֨דְתָּ֙ 𐤐𐤒𐤃𐤕 paqadeta you have visited you attended to you attended to HVqp2ms וַ/תַּשְׁמִידֵ֔/ם 𐤅/𐤕𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤃/𐤌 vatashemidem and destroyed them you annihilated them and you annihilated them HC/Vhw2ms/Sp3mp וַ/תְּאַבֵּ֥ד 𐤅/𐤕𐤀𐤁𐤃 vateabed and you have wiped out and she caused to perish and you destroyed HC/Vpw2ms כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal kila (Swahili) all entirety of all of HNcmsc זֵ֖כֶר 𐤆𐤊𐤓 zekher remembrance remembrance-of remembrance HNcmsa לָֽ/מוֹ 𐤋/𐤌𐤅 lamo of them of them HR/Sp3mp
Verse 18
we have been pregnant we conceived we have conceived we have writhed we writhed we writhed as it were like like we have given birth we bore offspring we gave birth wind breath of wind salvation deliverances of deliverances of not not at all not we accomplish we will do we accomplished earth land land nor and not at all nor have fallen they will fall have fallen inhabitants dwellers of dwellers of world inhabited world inhabited world
הָרִ֣ינוּ 𐤄𐤓𐤉𐤍𐤅 harinu we have been pregnant we conceived we have conceived HVqp1cp חַ֔לְנוּ 𐤇𐤋𐤍𐤅 chalenu chula (Bemba) we have writhed we writhed we writhed HVqp1cp כְּמ֖וֹ 𐤊𐤌𐤅 kemo as it were like like HR יָלַ֣דְנוּ 𐤉𐤋𐤃𐤍𐤅 yaladenu fyala (Bemba) we have given birth we bore offspring we gave birth HVqp1cp ר֑וּחַ 𐤓𐤅𐤇 rucha wind breath of wind HNcbsa יְשׁוּעֹת֙ 𐤉𐤔𐤅𐤏𐤕 yeshuot salvation deliverances of deliverances of HNcfpa בַּל 𐤁𐤋 bal not not at all not HTn נַ֣עֲשֶׂה 𐤍𐤏𐤔𐤄 naaseh we accomplish we will do we accomplished HVqi1cp אֶ֔רֶץ 𐤀𐤓𐤑 erets Ayé (Yoruba) earth land land HNcbsa וּ/בַֽל 𐤅/𐤁𐤋 uval nor and not at all nor HC/Tn יִפְּל֖וּ 𐤉𐤐𐤋𐤅 yipelu have fallen they will fall have fallen HVqi3mp יֹשְׁבֵ֥י 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤉 yoshevey inhabitants dwellers of dwellers of HVqrmpc תֵבֵֽל 𐤕𐤁𐤋 tevel world inhabited world inhabited world HNcfsa
Verse 19
shall live they will live they will live your dead your dead ones your dead ones my dead bodies my decayed carcass my decayed carcass shall arise they will rise they will rise awake Rouse yourselves! Rouse yourselves and sing And ring out joyfully And shout joyfully dwellers dwelling-ones of dwellers of in the dust dust dust for for/because for/because dew dew covering dew covering of lights skins of lights your dew your dew your dew and the earth in the land and the earth the shades Rephaim giants Rephaim shades shall cast out she will cause to fall it will cause to fall
יִֽחְי֣וּ 𐤉𐤇𐤉𐤅 yicheyu shall live they will live they will live HVqi3mp מֵתֶ֔י/ךָ 𐤌𐤕𐤉/𐤊 meteykha your dead your dead ones your dead ones HVqrmpc/Sp2ms נְבֵלָתִ֖/י 𐤍𐤁𐤋𐤕/𐤉 nevelati my dead bodies my decayed carcass my decayed carcass HNcfsc/Sp1cs יְקוּמ֑וּ/ן 𐤉𐤒𐤅𐤌𐤅/𐤍 yequmun uku-ima (Bemba) shall arise they will rise they will rise HVqi3mp/Sn הָקִ֨יצוּ 𐤄𐤒𐤉𐤑𐤅 haqitsu awake Rouse yourselves! Rouse yourselves HVhv2mp וְ/רַנְּנ֜וּ 𐤅/𐤓𐤍𐤍𐤅 veranenu and sing And ring out joyfully And shout joyfully HC/Vpv2mp שֹׁכְנֵ֣י 𐤔𐤊𐤍𐤉 shokheney dwellers dwelling-ones of dwellers of HVqrmpc עָפָ֗ר 𐤏𐤐𐤓 afar in the dust dust dust HNcmsa כִּ֣י 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for/because HC טַ֤ל 𐤈𐤋 tal dew dew covering dew covering HNcmsc אוֹרֹת֙ 𐤀𐤅𐤓𐤕 orot of lights skins of lights HNcfpa טַלֶּ֔/ךָ 𐤈𐤋/𐤊 talekha your dew your dew your dew HNcmsc/Sp2ms וָ/אָ֖רֶץ 𐤅/𐤀𐤓𐤑 vaarets Ayé (Yoruba) and the earth in the land and the earth HC/Ncbsa רְפָאִ֥ים 𐤓𐤐𐤀𐤉𐤌 refaim the shades Rephaim giants Rephaim shades HNcmpa תַּפִּֽיל 𐤕𐤐𐤉𐤋 tapil shall cast out she will cause to fall it will cause to fall HVhi3fs
Verse 20
Go Go Go my people my people my people enter in him enter into your rooms in your enclosed chambers into your rooms and shut and shut! and shut your doors your hanging door-panels your doors your door your swinging door your door behind you on your behalf behind you hide Hide yourself Hide yourself for a little like a small amount of for a little while moment a brief pause moment until up to until it passes he will cross over it passes passes let him cross over passes indignation he was enraged indignation
לֵ֤ךְ 𐤋𐤊 lekhe Go Go Go HVqv2ms עַמִּ/י֙ 𐤏𐤌/𐤉 ami my people my people my people HNcmsc/Sp1cs בֹּ֣א 𐤁𐤀 bo enter in him enter HVqv2ms בַ/חֲדָרֶ֔י/ךָ 𐤁/𐤇𐤃𐤓𐤉/𐤊 vachadareykha into your rooms in your enclosed chambers into your rooms HR/Ncmpc/Sp2ms וּֽ/סְגֹ֥ר 𐤅/𐤎𐤂𐤓 usegor and shut and shut! and shut HC/Vqv2ms דלתי/ך 𐤃𐤋𐤕𐤉/𐤊 dltykh your doors your hanging door-panels your doors HNcfpc/Sp2ms דְּלָתְ/ךָ֖ 𐤃𐤋𐤕/𐤊 delatekha your door your swinging door your door HNcfsc/Sp2ms בַּעֲדֶ֑/ךָ 𐤁𐤏𐤃/𐤊 baadekha behind you on your behalf behind you HR/Sp2ms חֲבִ֥י 𐤇𐤁𐤉 chavi hide Hide yourself Hide yourself HVqv2fs כִ/מְעַט 𐤊/𐤌𐤏𐤈 khimeat for a little like a small amount of for a little while HR/Ncmsc רֶ֖גַע 𐤓𐤂𐤏 rega moment a brief pause moment HNcmsa עַד 𐤏𐤃 ad until up to until HR יעבור 𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤅𐤓 yvvr it passes he will cross over it passes HVqi3ms יַעֲבָר 𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤓 yaavar passes let him cross over passes HVqi3ms זָֽעַם 𐤆𐤏𐤌 zaam indignation he was enraged indignation HNcmsa
Verse 21
For for/because for behold Look! look the LORD Yahweh Yahweh comes out one going out one going out from His place from his standing-place from his place to punish to attend to to attend to iniquity distortion-guilt iniquity of inhabitants dwelling-one of dwelling-one of of the earth the earth the earth upon them upon him upon him will disclose and she will lay bare and it will lay bare the earth the earth the earth — object-marker [·] her blood her bloods her bloods and no and not and not longer cover you thoroughly cover you thoroughly cover longer still, again, further again — upon upon its slain her slain ones her slain ones
כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki For for/because for HC הִנֵּ֤ה 𐤄𐤍𐤄 hineh mona (Bemba) behold Look! look HTm יְהוָה֙ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp יֹצֵ֣א 𐤉𐤑𐤀 yotse comes out one going out one going out HVqrmsa מִ/מְּקוֹמ֔/וֹ 𐤌/𐤌𐤒𐤅𐤌/𐤅 mimeqomo from His place from his standing-place from his place HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms לִ/פְקֹ֛ד 𐤋/𐤐𐤒𐤃 lifeqod to punish to attend to to attend to HR/Vqc עֲוֺ֥ן 𐤏𐤅𐤍 aon iniquity distortion-guilt iniquity of HNcbsc יֹֽשֵׁב 𐤉𐤔𐤁 yoshev inhabitants dwelling-one of dwelling-one of HVqrmsc הָ/אָ֖רֶץ 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤑 haarets Ayé (Yoruba) of the earth the earth the earth HTd/Ncbsa עָלָ֑י/ו 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤅 alayv upon them upon him upon him HR/Sp3ms וְ/גִלְּתָ֤ה 𐤅/𐤂𐤋𐤕𐤄 vegiletah will disclose and she will lay bare and it will lay bare HC/Vpq3fs הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤑 haarets-2 Ayé (Yoruba) the earth the earth the earth HTd/Ncbsa אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et object-marker [·] HTo דָּמֶ֔י/הָ 𐤃𐤌𐤉/𐤄 dameyha damu (Lingala) her blood her bloods her bloods HNcmpc/Sp3fs וְ/לֹֽא 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo and no and not and not HC/Tn תְכַסֶּ֥ה 𐤕𐤊𐤎𐤄 tekhaseh longer cover you thoroughly cover you thoroughly cover HVpi3fs ע֖וֹד 𐤏𐤅𐤃 od longer still, again, further again HD עַל 𐤏𐤋 al upon upon HR הֲרוּגֶֽי/הָ 𐤄𐤓𐤅𐤂𐤉/𐤄 harugeyha vanga (Kikongo) its slain her slain ones her slain ones HVqsmpc/Sp3fs
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