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

17Just as a pregnant woman writhes and cries out in pain as she gives birth, so were we in your presence, Lord. 18We, too, writhe in agony, but nothing comes of our suffering. We have not given salvation to the earth, nor brought life into the world. 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! 20Go home, my people, and lock your doors! Hide yourselves for a little while until the Lord’s anger has passed. 21Look! The Lord is coming from heaven to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will no longer hide those who have been killed. They will be brought out for all to see.

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 25:8He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign Lord will wipe away all tears. He will remove forever all insults and mockery against his land and people. The Lord has spoken!
• Ezekiel 37:1The Lord took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the Lord to a valley filled with bones.
• Hosea 6:2In just a short time he will restore us, so that we may live in his presence.
• Hosea 13:14“Should I ransom them from the grave? Should I redeem them from death? O death, bring on your terrors! O grave, bring on your plagues! For I will not take pity on them.
• John 5:28Don’t be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God’s Son,
• Acts 24:15I have the same hope in God that these men have, that he will raise both the righteous and the unrighteous.
• 1 Corinthians 15:22Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.
• Revelation 20:5This is the first resurrection. (The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years had ended.)
• Matthew 27:52and tombs opened. The bodies of many godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead.
• John 11:25Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.
• 1 Corinthians 15:20But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.
• Philippians 3:10I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death,
• Isaiah 51:17Wake up, wake up, O Jerusalem! You have drunk the cup of the Lord’s fury. You have drunk the cup of terror, tipping out its last drops.
• Isaiah 52:1Wake up, wake up, O Zion! Clothe yourself with strength. Put on your beautiful clothes, O holy city of Jerusalem, for unclean and godless people will enter your gates no longer.
• Isaiah 60:1“Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the Lord rises 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