Isaiah 26:19

Isaiah 26:19

17 As ^aa woman with child
Is in pain and cries out in her¹ pangs,
When she draws near the time of her delivery,
So have we been in Your sight, O Lord.

18 We have been with child, we have been in pain;
We have, as it were,¹ brought forth wind;
We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,
Nor have ^athe inhabitants of the world fallen.

19 ^aYour dead shall live;
Together with¹ my dead body they shall arise.
^bAwake and sing, you who dwell in dust;
For your dew is like the dew of herbs,
And the earth shall cast out the dead.

Take Refuge from the Coming Judgment

20 Come, my people, ^aenter your chambers,
And shut your doors behind you;
Hide yourself, as it were, ^bfor a little moment,
Until the indignation is past.

21 For behold, the Lord ^acomes out of His place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
The earth will also disclose her¹ blood,
And will no more cover her slain.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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In antithesis to Isaiah 26:14, "They (Israel's foes) shall not live"; "Thy (Jehovah's) dead men (the Jews) shall live," that is, primarily, be restored, spiritually (Isaiah 54:1-3), civilly and nationally (Isaiah 26:15); whereas Thy foes shall not; ultimately, and in the fullest scope of the prophecy, restored to life literally (Ezekiel 37:1-14; Daniel 12:2).

together with my dead body—rather, "my dead body," or "bodies" (the Jewish nation personified, which had been spiritually and civilly dead; or the nation, as a parent, speaking of the bodies of her children individually, see on Isaiah 26:9, "I," "My"): Jehovah's "dead" and "my dead" are one and the same [HORSLEY]. However, as Jesus is the antitype to Israel (Matthew 2:15), English Version gives a true sense, and one ultimately contemplated in the prophecy: Christ's dead body being raised again is the source of Jehovah's people (all, and especially believers, the spiritual Israelites) also being raised (I Corinthians 15:20-22).

Awake— (Ephesians 5:14), spiritually.

in dust—prostate and dead, spiritually and nationally; also literally (Isaiah 25:12; Isaiah 47:1).

dew—which falls copiously in the East and supplies somewhat the lack of rain (Hosea 14:5).

cast out . . . dead—that is, shall bring them forth to life again.

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 26:19:**

Job 14:13
Isaiah 26:18
Isaiah 49:24
Isaiah 66:24
Ezekiel 37:5
Ezekiel 37:10
Daniel 12:2
Hosea 6:2
Hosea 13:14

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