Isaiah 26:19

Isaiah 26:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
• New International Version (NIV)But your dead will live, Lord; their bodies will rise— let those who dwell in the dust wake up and shout for joy— your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your dead shall live; Together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead.

Context of Isaiah 26:19

17Because of your punishment, Lord, we had much pain. We were like a woman who is giving birth and she cries out with pain. 18Yes, it seemed like we were pregnant and ready to give birth. But we could only give birth to wind! We could not do anything to make the land safe. We have no descendants who will bring new life to the world. But Lord, your people who have died will live again. Their bodies will rise up from their graves. You people who live in the ground, wake up! Shout because you are happy. You bring new life to the earth, like dew that comes in the morning. Dead people will come up from the earth and they will live again. 20My people, go into your homes. Shut the doors and hide yourselves for a short time. Wait there until the Lord is not angry any more. 21Look! Now the Lord is coming from the place where he lives. He is coming to punish the people who live on the earth for their sins. The earth will clearly show the blood that murderers poured out on it. Murderers will no longer be able to hide the people that they have killed.

Isaiah 26:19 word by word

יִֽחְי֣וּ מֵתֶ֔יךָ נְבֵלָתִ֖י יְקוּמ֑וּן הָקִ֨יצוּ וְרַנְּנ֜וּ שֹׁכְנֵ֣י עָפָ֗ר כִּ֣י טַ֤ל אוֹרֹת֙ טַלֶּ֔ךָ וָאָ֖רֶץ רְפָאִ֥ים תַּפִּֽיל׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• shall liveחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
• my dead bodyנְבֵלָהnebêlâh · carcassH5038
• shall they ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• Awakeקִיץqûts · to awakeH6974
• and singרָנַןrânan · to singH7442
• ye that dwellשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
• in dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• for thy dewטַלţal · dewH2919
• of herbsאוֹרָה'ôrâh · lightH219
• and the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• shall cast outנָפַלnâphal · to fall: desertingH5307
• the deadרְפָאִיםrâphâ' · shadeH7496

Cross-references for Isaiah 26:19

• Isaiah 25:8The Almighty Lord will destroy death for ever. He will clean away the tears in everyone's eyes. His people will not feel ashamed any more. Nobody in all the world will ever insult them again. That is what the Lord has said.
• Ezekiel 37:1The Lord took hold of me with great power. In a vision, the Lord's Spirit took me to the middle of a valley. Bones covered all the ground there.
• Hosea 6:2He will soon make us strong again. After three days, we will have new lives. Then we can live together with him.
• Hosea 13:14Will I save these people from the power of death? Will I rescue them from their graves? Death, what diseases can you bring? What can you do to hurt my people? I will not be kind to my people and forgive them.’
• John 5:28Do not be surprised by this. There will be a time when all the dead people will hear the Son's voice.
• Acts 24:15I also trust God like these men do. Like them, I believe that people will become alive again after death. God will do this for all people, both good people and bad people.
• 1 Corinthians 15:22As people, all of us belong to Adam's family. So all of us must die. But all people who belong to Christ will live again after death.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14We believe that Jesus died and he rose again after death. So we also believe that people who have died as Christians will rise again. When God brings Jesus back, he will take the Christians to go with Jesus.
• Revelation 20:5(But all the other dead people did not become alive again until the 1,000 years had finished.) This is the first time that God raises up dead people to become alive again.
• Matthew 27:52Places in the ground where people had buried dead bodies opened up. Many of God's people who had died now became alive again.
• John 11:25Jesus said to her, ‘I have authority over death. I raise dead people, and I give people true life. Anyone who believes in me will live. Even if that person dies, he will continue to live.
• 1 Corinthians 15:20But it is really true that God raised Christ up after his death. He rose up to go to God in heaven. He was the first, so we know that believers who die will also rise up.
• Philippians 3:10Yes, I want to know Christ better and better. I want to know the power which God showed when Christ rose from death. I want to have the same kind of troubles that he did. I want to obey God like he did in his death.
• Isaiah 51:17Wake up, people in Jerusalem! Get ready! The Lord has been angry with you, and he has punished you. You had to receive all of his anger, like you were drinking strong wine from a cup. Now that you have drunk it all, you cannot stand up straight!
• Isaiah 52:1Wake up, Zion! Be ready to show your strength! Jerusalem, God's holy city, Put on your beautiful clothes! Foreign people who do not serve God will not attack your city again.
• Isaiah 60:1Stand up! Shine brightly! Now your light has come! The Lord's glory has risen to shine on you.

Commentaries on Isaiah 26:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19My dead body "My deceased" - All the ancient Versions render it in the plural; they read נבלותי niblothai, my dead bodies. The Syriac and Chaldee read נבלותיהם niblotheyhem, their dead bodies. No MS. yet found confirms this reading. The dew of herbs "The dew of the dawn" - Lucis, according to the Vulgate; so also the Syriac and Chaldee. The deliverance of the people of God from a state of the lowest depression is explained by images plainly taken from the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Thy dead men shall live - Very various interpretations have been given of this verse, which may be seen at length by comparing Vitringa, Rosenmuller, Gesenius, and Poole‘s Synopsis. In Isaiah 26:14, the chorus is represented as saying of the dead men and tyrants of Babylon that had oppressed the captive Jews, that they should not rise, and should no more oppress the people of God. In contradistinction from this fate of their enemies, the choir is here…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. 19Your dead will live: There is hope for the remnant. Some hold the minimal interpretation that this means the people would be restored to the land after the exile in Babylon (see Ezekiel 37:11–12) or that the Lord would preserve Jerusalem (see Isaiah 29:4, 6–8). More likely, it refers to the resurrection of the body from the grave (see Isaiah 25:7–8). The Old Testament says little about the resurrection, but this text anticipates more detailed discussion…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. In antithesis to Is 26:14, "They (Israel's foes) shall not live"; "Thy (Jehovah's) dead men (the Jews) shall live," that is, primarily, be restored, spiritually (Is 54:1-3), civilly and nationally (Is 26:15); whereas Thy foes shall not; ultimately, and in the fullest scope of the prophecy, restored to life literally (Eze 37:1-14; Da 12:2). together with my dead body--rather, "my dead body," or "bodies" (the Jewish nation personified, which had been…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 26:19

• Dew
• Immortality
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jesus Continued
• Resurrection
• War

In the dictionaries

• Dead Body
• Delivery
• Herb
• Indignation
• Judgment
• Body
• Daniel, Book of
• Death
• Decease, in the Old Testament and Apocyphra
• Dew

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