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

17As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so we were before You, Adonai. 18We have been with child, we have been in pain, yet we gave birth to wind. We are accomplishing no deliverance for the earth, nor are inhabitants of the world coming to life. Yet it will be: “Your dead will live! My corpses will rise! Awake and shout for joy, you who dwell in the dust! Your dew is like the dew of the dawn. The land of dead souls will come to life! 20Go, my people, enter your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide for a little while, until the wrath is past. 21For behold, Adonai is coming out from His place to punish inhabitants of the earth for iniquity. The earth will disclose her bloodshed, no longer covering up her slain.

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. my Lord Adonai will wipe away tears from every face. He will remove His people’s reproach from all the earth. For Adonai has spoken.
• Ezekiel 37:1The hand of Adonai was upon me. The Ruach Adonai carried me out 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, and we will live in His presence.
• Hosea 13:14Should I ransom them from the hand of Sheol? Should I redeem them from death? O death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your sting? Comfort is hidden from My eyes.”
• John 5:28“Do not be amazed at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
• Acts 24:15In God I have a hope—which these men also wait for—that there will surely be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.
• 1 Corinthians 15:22For as in Adam all die, so also in Messiah will all be made alive.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe that Yeshua died and rose again, so with Him God will also bring those who have fallen asleep in Yeshua.
• Revelation 20:5The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.
• Matthew 27:52And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the kedoshim who were sleeping were raised to life.
• John 11:25Yeshua said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life! Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, shall live.
• 1 Corinthians 15:20But now Messiah has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
• Philippians 3:10My aim is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the sharing of His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death—
• Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake! Stand up, Jerusalem! From Adonai’s hand you have drunk the cup of His fury, the chalice of reeling that you have drained to the dregs.
• Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake! Clothe yourself in your strength, Zion! Clothe yourself in beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city, for the uncircumcised and the unclean will never invade you again.
• Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come! The glory of Adonai has risen 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