English Standard Version
Isaiah 26:19
19Your 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But those who die in the Lord will live; their bodies will rise again! Those who sleep in the earth will rise up and sing for joy! For your life-giving light will fall like dew on your people in the place of the dead!
Context of Isaiah 26:19
17Like 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; 18we 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. 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. 20Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the fury has passed by. 21For behold, the Lord is coming out from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity, and the earth will disclose the blood shed on it, and will no more cover its slain.
Read all of Isaiah 26Isaiah 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 25:8He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken.
- Ezekiel 37:1The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones.
- Hosea 6:2After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
- Hosea 13:14I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol; I shall redeem them from Death. O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
- John 5:28Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
- Acts 24:15having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
- 1 Corinthians 15:22For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:14For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
- Revelation 20:5The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.
- Matthew 27:52The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,
- John 11:25Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,
- 1 Corinthians 15:20But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
- Philippians 3:10that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
- Isaiah 51:17Wake yourself, wake yourself, stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the bowl, the cup of staggering.
- Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.
- Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon 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
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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
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