Isaiah 26:14

Isaiah 26:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)They are now dead, they live no more; their spirits do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin; you wiped out all memory of them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They are dead, they will not live; they are shades, they will not arise; to that end you have visited them with destruction and wiped out all remembrance of them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They are dead, they will not live; They are deceased, they will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them, And made all their memory to perish.

Context of Isaiah 26:14

12O LORD, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us. 13O LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, but Your name alone do we confess. The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them. 15You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land. 16O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.

Isaiah 26:14 word by word

מֵתִים֙ בַּל־יִחְי֔וּ רְפָאִ֖ים בַּל־יָקֻ֑מוּ לָכֵ֤ן פָּקַ֙דְתָּ֙ וַתַּשְׁמִידֵ֔ם וַתְּאַבֵּ֥ד כָּל־זֵ֖כֶר לָֽמוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• The deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• will notבַּלbal · notH1077
• liveחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
• the departed spiritsרְפָאִיםrâphâ' · shadeH7496
• riseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• Thereforeכֵּןkên · soH3651
• You have punishedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: visitH6485
• and destroyed themשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045
• You have wiped outאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• memoryזֵ֫כֶרzêker zeker · memorialH2143

Cross-references for Isaiah 26:14

• Isaiah 26:19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
• Isaiah 8:19When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
• Isaiah 51:12“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
• Exodus 14:30That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
• Psalms 106:28They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
• Habakkuk 2:18What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
• Matthew 2:20“Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.”
• Revelation 18:2And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.
• Revelation 19:19Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army.
• Revelation 20:5The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This is the first resurrection.
• Isaiah 14:19But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.
• Psalms 9:6The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
• Psalms 109:13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
• Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Commentaries on Isaiah 26:14

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14They are dead - That is, the kings and tyrants to whom reference is made in Isaiah 26:13. The principal enemies of the Jews, who had oppressed them, were slain when Babylon was taken by Cyrus (see the notes at Isaiah 14:9-10; compare Psalm 88:11; Proverbs 2:18; Proverbs 9:18; Proverbs 21:16). The sense here is, that they had died and gone to the land of shades, and were now unable anymore to reach or injure the people of God. Therefore - Or rather, “for”…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-19Verses 12-19 Every creature, every business, any way serviceable to our comfort, God makes to be so; he makes that work for us which seemed to make against us. They had been slaves of sin and Satan; but by the Divine grace they were taught to look to be set free from all former masters. The cause opposed to God and his kingdom will sink at last. See our need of afflictions. Before, prayer came drop by drop; now they pour it out, it comes now like water…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-21The godly pray for the end of oppression and the full establishment of God’s kingdom. Isaiah encouraged the godly to persevere as they wait for their final vindication and the resurrection of the body.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. They--The "other lords" or tyrants (Is 26:13). shall not live--namely, again. deceased--Hebrew, "Rephaim"; powerless, in the land of shades (Is 14:9, 10). therefore--that is, inasmuch as. Compare "therefore" (Ge 18:5; 19:8).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 26:14

• Death
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Delivery
• Giants
• Indignation
• Judgment
• Daniel, Book of
• Decease, in the Old Testament and Apocyphra
• Intercession
• Isaiah
• Memorial; Memory
• Rephaim

Commentaries on Isaiah 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings