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

12Lord, you will establish peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us. 13Lord our God, lords other than you have owned us, but we remember your name alone. The dead do not live; departed spirits do not rise up. Indeed, you have punished and destroyed them; you have wiped out all memory of them. 15You have added to the nation, Lord. You have added to the nation; you are honored. You have expanded all the borders of the land. 16Lord, they went to you in their distress; they poured out whispered prayers because your discipline fell on them.

Isaiah 26:14 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• they shall not liveחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
• deceasedרְפָאִיםrâphâ' · shadeH7496
• they shall not riseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• therefore hast thou visitedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: visitH6485
• and destroyedשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045
• them, and made all their memoryזֵ֫כֶרzêker zeker · memorialH2143
• to perishאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6

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 you will be covered with the morning dew, and the earth will bring out the departed spirits.
• Isaiah 8:19When they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,” shouldn’t a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?
• Isaiah 51:12I — I am the one who comforts you. Who are you that you should fear humans who die, or a son of man who is given up like grass?
• Exodus 14:30That day the Lord saved Israel from the power of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
• Psalms 106:28They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
• Habakkuk 2:18What use is a carved idol after its craftsman carves it? It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies. For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it and makes worthless idols that cannot speak.
• Matthew 2:20saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, because those who intended to kill the child are dead.”
• Revelation 18:2He called out in a mighty voice: It has fallen, Babylon the Great has fallen! She has become a home for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, and a haunt for every unclean and despicable beast.
• Revelation 19:19Then I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and against his army.
• Revelation 20:5The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.
• Isaiah 14:19But you are thrown out without a grave, like a worthless branch, covered by those slain with the sword and dumped into a rocky pit like a trampled corpse.
• Psalms 9:6The enemy has come to eternal ruin; you have uprooted the cities, and the very memory of them has perished.
• Psalms 109:13Let the line of his descendants be cut off; let their name be blotted out in the next generation.
• Proverbs 10:7The remembrance 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