Isaiah 26:18-21

You Keep Him in Perfect Peace

18 x we were pregnant, we writhed,
but we have given birth to wind.
We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth,
and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.
 19 y Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise.
You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy!
For z your dew is a dew of light,
and the earth will give birth to the dead.

20 Come, my people, enter your chambers,
and shut your doors behind you;
hide yourselves a for a little while
until the fury has passed by.
 21 b For behold, the Lord is coming out from his place
to punish the inhabitants of c the earth for their iniquity,
and the earth will disclose the blood shed on it,
and will no more cover its slain.

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 26:17
    Like a pregnant woman who writhes and cries out in her pangs when she is near to giving birth, so were we because of you, O Lord.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 37:12
    Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God : Behold, I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will bring you into the land of Israel.
    Daniel 12:2
    And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
    Hosea 13:14
    Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death? O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
  3. Cross References
    Hosea 14:5
    I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 10:25
    For in a very little while my fury will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction.
  5. Cross References
    Micah 1:3
    For behold, the Lord is coming out of his place, and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 24:5
    The earth lies defiled under its inhabitants; for they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
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