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 Living Translation (NLT)Those we served before are dead and gone. Their departed spirits will never return! You attacked them and destroyed them, and they are long forgotten.

Context of Isaiah 26:14

12Lord, You will establish peace for us, For You have also done all our works in us. 13O Lord our God, masters besides You Have had dominion over us; But by You only we make mention of Your name. 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. 15You have increased the nation, O Lord, You have increased the nation; You are glorified; You have expanded all the borders of the land. 16Lord, in trouble they have visited You, They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon 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 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.
• Isaiah 8:19And when they say to you, “Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter,” should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living?
• Isaiah 51:12“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid Of a man who will die, And of the son of a man who will be made like grass?
• Exodus 14:30So the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
• Psalms 106:28They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor, And ate sacrifices made to the dead.
• Habakkuk 2:18“What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it, The molded image, a teacher of lies, That the maker of its mold should trust in it, To make mute idols?
• Matthew 2:20saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the young Child’s life are dead.”
• Revelation 18:2And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!
• Revelation 19:19And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army.
• Revelation 20:5But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
• Isaiah 14:19But you are cast out of your grave Like an abominable branch, Like the garment of those who are slain, Thrust through with a sword, Who go down to the stones of the pit, Like a corpse trodden underfoot.
• Psalms 9:6O enemy, destructions are finished forever! And you have destroyed cities; Even their memory has perished.
• Psalms 109:13Let his posterity be cut off, And in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
• Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is blessed, 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