Old Testament · Prophets

Isaiah chapter 26

On that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city — he sets up as its .Open the gates! Let the upright nation enter — the one that .The mind that is on you — you keep in , because it in you.Trust in Yahweh forever, for in , Yahweh, is the .For he has brought down those who live in the heights — the , he levels it, levels it to the ground, brings it down to the dust.Feet trample it — the feet of the , the steps of .The path of the is level — you, the , make smooth the road the just walk on.Yes, in the path of your , Yahweh, we wait for you. Your and your — that is what our whole being longs for.With my whole being I in the night — yes, with my deep inside me I search for you. Because when your judgments come to earth, the people of the world learn what is right.Even when shown , the wicked never learn what is right. In a land of uprightness they still deal in wrong and refuse to see Yahweh’s .Yahweh, your hand is raised high, but they do not see it. Let them see your — and be put to shame. Yes, let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.Yahweh, you will establish for us, because everything we have accomplished — you have actually done it for us.Yahweh our God, other besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone is the one we honor.The dead do not live, the do not rise. For this reason you punished and destroyed them and wiped out every memory of them.You have the nation, Yahweh, you have expanded the nation — you are honored! You have pushed out all the borders of the land.Yahweh, in distress they sought you. They when your was on them.Like a pregnant woman about to give birth who writhes and cries out in her labor pains — that is what we were like before you, Yahweh.We were pregnant, we writhed in pain — but what we gave birth to was . We accomplished no for the earth, and no one was born into the world.Your dead will live! Their bodies will rise! Wake up and shout for joy, you who lie in the dust — because your dew is a , and the earth will give birth to the .Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you. Hide for just a little while until the passes.Because look — Yahweh is coming out from his place to hold the inhabitants of the earth accountable for their . The earth will uncover the spilled on it and will no longer hide its slain.