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Verse	Translation	Text
Isa 26:19	Strong Concordance	Thy dead [04191] men shall live [02421], together with my dead body [05038] shall they arise [06965]. Awake [06974] and sing [07442], ye that dwell [07931] in dust [06083]: for thy dew [02919] is as the dew [02919] of herbs [0219], and the earth [0776] shall cast out [05307] the dead [07496].
	King James	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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
In antithesis to Isa 26:14, "They (Israel's foes) shall not live"; "Thy (Jehovah's) dead men (the Jews) shall live," that is, primarily, be restored, spiritually (Isa 54:1-3), civilly and nationally (Isa 26:15); whereas Thy foes shall not; ultimately, and in the fullest scope of the prophecy, restored to life literally (Eze 37:1-14; Dan 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 Isa 26:9, "I," "My"): Jehovah's "dead" and "my dead" are one and the same [HORSLEY]. However, as Jesus is the antitype to Israel (Mat 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 (Co1 15:20-22). Awake-- (Eph 5:14), spiritually. in dust--prostate and dead, spiritually and nationally; also literally (Isa 25:12; Isa 47:1). dew--which falls copiously in the East and supplies somewhat the lack of rain (Hos 14:5). cast out . . . dead--that is, shall bring them forth to life again.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

In antithesis to Isa 26:14, "They (Israel's foes) shall not live"; "Thy (Jehovah's) dead men (the Jews) shall live," that is, primarily, be restored, spiritually (Isa 54:1-3), civilly and nationally (Isa 26:15); whereas Thy foes shall not; ultimately, and in the fullest scope of the prophecy, restored to life literally (Eze 37:1-14; Dan 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 Isa 26:9, "I," "My"): Jehovah's "dead" and "my dead" are one and the same [HORSLEY]. However, as Jesus is the antitype to Israel (Mat 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 (Co1 15:20-22).

Awake-- (Eph 5:14), spiritually.

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

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

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

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Thy 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 Isa 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 introduced as addressing Yahweh (compare Isa 26:16), and saying 'thy dead shall live;' that is, thy people shall live again shall be restored to to vigor, and strength, and enjoyment. They had been dead; that is, civilly dead in Babylon; they were cut off from their privileges, torn away from their homes, made captives in a foreign land. Their king had been dethroned; their temple demolished; their princes, priests, and people made captive; their name blotted from the list of nations; and to all intents and purposes, as a people, they were deceased. This figure is one that is common, by which the loss of privileges and enjoyments, and especially of civil rights, is represented as death. So we speak now of a man's being dead in law; dead to his country; spiritually dead; dead in sins. I do not understand this, therefore, as referring primarily to the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead; but to the captives in Babylon, who were civilly dead, and cut off by their oppressors from their rights and enjoyments as a nation. Shall live - Shall be restored to their country. and be reinstated in all their rights and immunities as a people among the nations of the earth. This restoration shall be as striking as would be the resurrection of the dead front their graves. Though, therefore, this does not refer primarily to the resurrection of the dead, yet the illustration is drawn from that doctrine, and implies that that doctrine was one with which they were familiar. An image which is employed for the sake of illustration must be one that is familiar to the mind, and the reference here to this doctrine is a demonstration that the doctrine of the resurrection was well known. Together with my dead body shall they arise - The words 'together with' are not in the original. The words rendered 'my dead body' (נבלתי nebēlâthiy) literally means, 'my dead body,' and may be applied to a man, or to a beast Lev 5:2; Lev 7:24. It is also applied to the dead in general; to the deceased; to carcasses, or dead bodies (see Lev 11:11; Psa 79:2; Jer 7:33; Jer 9:22; Jer 16:18; Jer 26:23; Jer 34:20). It may, therefore, be rendered, 'My deceased, my dead;' and will thus be parallel with the phrase 'thy dead men,' and is used with reference to the same species of resurrection. It is not the language of the prophet Isaiah, as if he referred to his own body when it should be dead, but it is the language of the choir that sings and speaks in the name of the Jewish people. "That people" is thus introduced as saying "my" dead, that is, "our" dead, shall rise. Not only in the address to Yahweh is this sentiment uttered when it is said 'thy dead shall rise,' but when the attention is turned to themselves as a people, they say 'our dead shall rise;' those that pertain to our nation shall rise from the dust, and be restored to their own privileges and land. Awake and sing - In view of the cheering and consolatory fact just stated that the dead shall rise, the chorus calls on the people to awake and rejoice. This is an address made directly to the dejected and oppressed people, as if the choir were with them. Ye that dwell in dust - To sit in dust, or to dwell in the dust, is emblematic of a state of dejection, want, oppression, or poverty Psa 44:25; Psa 119:25; Isa 25:12; Isa 26:5; Isa 47:1. Here it is supposed to be addressed to the captives in Babylon, as oppressed, enslaved, dejected. The "language" is derived from the doctrine of the resurrection of the body, and proves that that doctrine was understood and believed; the sense is, that those wire were thus dejected and humbled should be restored to their former elevated privileges. For thy dew - This is evidently an address to Yahweh. "His" dew is that which he sends down from heaven, and which is under his direction and control. Dew is the emblem of that which refreshes and vivifies. In countries where it rains but seldom, as it does in the East, the copious dews at night supply in some sense the want of rain. "Thence dew" is used in Scripture as an emblem of the graces and influences of the Spirit of God by which his people are cheered and comforted, as the parched earth and the withered herbs are refreshed by the copious dews at night. Thus in Hos 14:5 : I will be as the dew unto Israel; He shall grow as the lily, And cast forth his roots as Lebanon. The prophet here speaks of the captivity in Babylon. Their state is represented as a state of death - illustrated by the parched earth, and the decayed and withered herbs. But his grace and favor would visit them, and they would be revived. As the dew of herbs - As the dew that falls on herbs. This phrase has, however, been rendered very variously. The Vulgate renders it, 'Thy dew is as the dew of light.' The Septuagint: 'Thy dew shall be healing (ἴαμα iama) unto them.' The Chaldee, 'Thy dew shall be the dew of light.' But the most correct and consistent translation is undoubtedly that which renders the word אורת 'ôroth, herbs or vegetables (compare Kg2 9:19). And the earth shall cast out the dead - This is language which is derived from the doctrine of the resurrection of the body; and shows also that that doctrine was understood by the Hebrews in the time of Isaiah. The sense is, that as the earth shall cast forth its dead in the resurrection, so the people of God in Babylon should be restored to life, and to their former privileges in their own land.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Thy 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 Isa 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 introduced as addressing Yahweh (compare Isa 26:16), and saying 'thy dead shall live;' that is, thy people shall live again shall be restored to to vigor, and strength, and enjoyment. They had been dead; that is, civilly dead in Babylon; they were cut off from their privileges, torn away from their homes, made captives in a foreign land. Their king had been dethroned; their temple demolished; their princes, priests, and people made captive; their name blotted from the list of nations; and to all intents and purposes, as a people, they were deceased. This figure is one that is common, by which the loss of privileges and enjoyments, and especially of civil rights, is represented as death. So we speak now of a man's being dead in law; dead to his country; spiritually dead; dead in sins. I do not understand this, therefore, as referring primarily to the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead; but to the captives in Babylon, who were civilly dead, and cut off by their oppressors from their rights and enjoyments as a nation.

Shall live - Shall be restored to their country. and be reinstated in all their rights and immunities as a people among the nations of the earth. This restoration shall be as striking as would be the resurrection of the dead front their graves. Though, therefore, this does not refer primarily to the resurrection of the dead, yet the illustration is drawn from that doctrine, and implies that that doctrine was one with which they were familiar. An image which is employed for the sake of illustration must be one that is familiar to the mind, and the reference here to this doctrine is a demonstration that the doctrine of the resurrection was well known.

Together with my dead body shall they arise - The words 'together with' are not in the original. The words rendered 'my dead body' (נבלתי nebēlâthiy) literally means, 'my dead body,' and may be applied to a man, or to a beast Lev 5:2; Lev 7:24. It is also applied to the dead in general; to the deceased; to carcasses, or dead bodies (see Lev 11:11; Psa 79:2; Jer 7:33; Jer 9:22; Jer 16:18; Jer 26:23; Jer 34:20). It may, therefore, be rendered, 'My deceased, my dead;' and will thus be parallel with the phrase 'thy dead men,' and is used with reference to the same species of resurrection. It is not the language of the prophet Isaiah, as if he referred to his own body when it should be dead, but it is the language of the choir that sings and speaks in the name of the Jewish people. "That people" is thus introduced as saying "my" dead, that is, "our" dead, shall rise. Not only in the address to Yahweh is this sentiment uttered when it is said 'thy dead shall rise,' but when the attention is turned to themselves as a people, they say 'our dead shall rise;' those that pertain to our nation shall rise from the dust, and be restored to their own privileges and land.

Awake and sing - In view of the cheering and consolatory fact just stated that the dead shall rise, the chorus calls on the people to awake and rejoice. This is an address made directly to the dejected and oppressed people, as if the choir were with them.

Ye that dwell in dust - To sit in dust, or to dwell in the dust, is emblematic of a state of dejection, want, oppression, or poverty Psa 44:25; Psa 119:25; Isa 25:12; Isa 26:5; Isa 47:1. Here it is supposed to be addressed to the captives in Babylon, as oppressed, enslaved, dejected. The "language" is derived from the doctrine of the resurrection of the body, and proves that that doctrine was understood and believed; the sense is, that those wire were thus dejected and humbled should be restored to their former elevated privileges.

For thy dew - This is evidently an address to Yahweh. "His" dew is that which he sends down from heaven, and which is under his direction and control. Dew is the emblem of that which refreshes and vivifies. In countries where it rains but seldom, as it does in the East, the copious dews at night supply in some sense the want of rain. "Thence dew" is used in Scripture as an emblem of the graces and influences of the Spirit of God by which his people are cheered and comforted, as the parched earth and the withered herbs are refreshed by the copious dews at night. Thus in Hos 14:5 :

I will be as the dew unto Israel;

He shall grow as the lily,

And cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

The prophet here speaks of the captivity in Babylon. Their state is represented as a state of death - illustrated by the parched earth, and the decayed and withered herbs. But his grace and favor would visit them, and they would be revived.

As the dew of herbs - As the dew that falls on herbs. This phrase has, however, been rendered very variously. The Vulgate renders it, 'Thy dew is as the dew of light.' The Septuagint: 'Thy dew shall be healing (ἴαμα iama) unto them.' The Chaldee, 'Thy dew shall be the dew of light.' But the most correct and consistent translation is undoubtedly that which renders the word אורת 'ôroth, herbs or vegetables (compare Kg2 9:19).

And the earth shall cast out the dead - This is language which is derived from the doctrine of the resurrection of the body; and shows also that that doctrine was understood by the Hebrews in the time of Isaiah. The sense is, that as the earth shall cast forth its dead in the resurrection, so the people of God in Babylon should be restored to life, and to their former privileges in their own land.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
thy dead men Eliminate the supplied words, men, and, together with. "Body" is in the plural, "bodies." (Isa 26:19-21) with chapter 27, constitute Jehovah's answer to the plaint of Israel, (Isa 26:11-18). Verse 19 (Isa 26:19) should read: "Thy dead shall live: my dead bodies shall rise" (that is, the dead bodies of Jehovah's people). The restoration and re-establishment of Israel as a nation is also spoken of as a resurrection (Eze 37:1-11) and many hold that no more than this is meant in (Isa 26:19). But since the first resurrection is unto participation in the kingdom (Rev 20:4-6) it seems the better view that both meanings are here.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
But now all this had taken place. Instead of singing what has occurred, the tephillah places itself in the midst of the occurrence itself. "Thy dead will live, my corpses rise again. Awake and rejoice, ye that lie in the dust! For thy dew is dew of the lights, and the earth will bring shades to the day." The prophet speaks thus out of the heart of the church of the last times. In consequence of the long-continued sufferings and chastisements, it has been melted down to a very small remnant; and many of those whom it could once truly reckon as its own, are now lying as corpses in the dust of the grave. The church, filled with hope which will not be put to shame, now calls to itself, "Thy dead will live" (מתיך יחיוּ, reviviscent, as in המּתים תּסהיּת, the resurrection of the dead), and consoles itself with the working of divine grace ad power, which is even now setting itself in motion: "my corpses will rise again" (יקמוּן נבלתי, nebēlah: a word without a plural, but frequently used in a plural sense, as in Isa 5:25, and therefore connected with יקמוּן, equivalent to תקמנה: here before a light suffix, with the ê retained, which is lost in other cases). It also cries out, in full assurance of the purpose of God, the believing word of command over the burial-ground of the dead, "Wake up and rejoice, ye that sleep in the dust," and then justifies to itself this believing word of command by looking up to Jehovah, and confessing, "Thy dew is dew born out of (supernatural) lights," as the dew of nature is born out of the womb of the morning dawn (Psa 110:3). Others render it "dew upon herbs," taking אורות as equivalent to ירקות, as in Kg2 4:39. We take it as from אורה (Psa 139:12), in the sense of החיּים אור. The plural implies that there is a perfect fulness of the lights of life in God ("the Father of lights," Jam 1:17). Out of these there is born the gentle dew, which gives new life to the bones that have been sown in the ground (Psa 141:7) - a figure full of mystery, which is quite needlessly wiped away by Hofmann's explanation, viz., that it is equivalent to tal hōrōth, "dew of thorough saturating." Luther, who renders it, "Thy dew is a dew of the green field," stands alone among the earlier translators. The Targum, Syriac, Vulgate, and Saad. all render it, "Thy dew is light dew;" and with the uniform connection in which the Scriptures place 'or (light) and chayyı̄m (life), this rendering is natural enough. We now translate still further, "and the earth (vâ'âretz, as in Isa 65:17; Pro 25:3, whereas וארץ is almost always in the construct state) will bring shades to the day" (hippil, as a causative of nâphal, Isa 26:18), i.e., bring forth again the dead that have sunken into it (like Luther's rendering, "and the land will cast out the dead" - the rendering of our English version also: Tr.). The dew from the glory of God falls like a heavenly seed into the bosom of the earth; and in consequence of this, the earth gives out from itself the shades which have hitherto been held fast beneath the ground, so that they appear alive again on the surface of the earth. Those who understand Isa 26:18 as relating to the earnestly descried overthrow of the lords of the world, interpret this passage accordingly, as meaning either, "and thou castest down shades to the earth" (ארץ, acc. loci, = עד־ארץ, Isa 26:5, לארץ, Isa 25:12), or, "and the earth causeth shades to fall," i.e., to fall into itself. This is Rosenmller's explanation (terra per prosopopaeiam, ut supra Isa 24:20, inducta, deturbare in orcum sistitur impios, eo ipso manes eos reddens). But although rephaim, when so interpreted, agrees with Isa 26:14, where this name is given to the oppressors of the people of God, it would be out of place here, where it would necessarily mean, "those who are just becoming shades." But, what is of greater importance still, if this concluding clause is understood as applying to the overthrow of the oppressors, it does not give any natural sequence to the words, "dew of the lights is thy dew;" whereas, according to our interpretation, it seals the faith, hope, and prayer of the church for what is to follow. When compared with the New Testament Apocalypse, it is "the first resurrection" which is here predicted by Isaiah. The confessors of Jehovah are awakened in their graves to form one glorious church with those who are still in the body. In the case of Ezekiel also (Ez. Eze 37:1-14), the resurrection of the dead which he beholds is something more than a figurative representation of the people that were buried in captivity. The church of the period of glory on this side is a church of those who have been miraculously saved and wakened up from the dead. Their persecutors lie at their feet beneath the ground.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Thy - The prophet here turns his speech to God's people, and gives them a cordial in their distress. Thy dead men are not like those, Isa 26:14, for they shall not live; but thine shall live. You shall be delivered from all your fears and dangers. My dead body - As I myself, who am one of these dead men, shall live again; you shall be delivered together with me. Awake - Out of your sleep, even the sleep of death, you that are dead and buried in the dust. Thy dew - The favour and blessing of God upon thee. The dew - Which makes them grow and flourish.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
My 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 resurrection of the dead. In the same manner the Prophet Ezekiel represents the restoration of the Jewish nation from a state of utter dissolution by the restoring of the dry bones to life, exhibited to him in a vision, chap. 37, which is directly thus applied and explained, Eze 37:11-13. And this deliverance is expressed with a manifest opposition to what is here said above, Eze 37:14, of the great lords and tyrants, under whom they had groaned: - "They are dead, they shall not live; They are deceased tyrants, they shall not rise:" that they should be destroyed utterly, and should never be restored to their former power and glory. It appears from hence, that the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead was at that time a popular and common doctrine; for an image which is assumed in order to express or represent any thing in the way of allegory or metaphor, whether poetical or prophetical, must be an image commonly known and understood; otherwise it will not answer the purpose for which it is assumed. - L. Kimchi refers these words to the days of the Messiah, and says, "Then many of the saints shall rise from the dead. "And quotes Dan 12:2. Do not these words speak of the resurrection of our blessed Lord; and of that resurrection of the bodies of men, which shall be the consequence of his body being raised from the dead? Thy dead men shall live, - with my dead body shall they arise - This seems very express.

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⁵ I will be as the dew [02919] unto Israel [03478]: he shall grow [06524] as the lily [07799], and cast forth [05221] his roots [08328] as Lebanon [03844].

¹ Come down [03381], and sit [03427] in the dust [06083], O virgin [01330] daughter [01323] of Babylon [0894], sit [03427] on the ground [0776]: there is no throne [03678], O daughter [01323] of the Chaldeans [03778]: for thou shalt no more [03254] be called [07121] tender [07390] and delicate [06028].

¹² And the fortress [04013] of the high fort [04869] of thy walls [02346] shall he bring down [07817], lay low [08213], and bring [05060] to the ground [0776], even to the dust [06083].

¹⁴ Wherefore [1352] he saith [3004], Awake thou [1453] that sleepest [2518], and [2532] arise [450] from [1537] the dead [3498], and [2532] Christ [5547] shall give [2017] thee [4671] light [2017].

²⁰ But [1161] now [3570] is [1453] Christ [5547] risen [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498], and become [1096] the firstfruits [536] of them that slept [2837].
²¹ For [1063] since [1894] by [1223] man [444] came death [2288], by [1223] man [444] came also [2532] the resurrection [386] of the dead [3498].
²² For [1063] as [5618] in [1722] Adam [76] all [3956] die [599], even [2532] so [3779] in [1722] Christ [5547] shall [2227] all [3956] be made alive [2227].

¹⁵ And [2532] was [2258] there [1563] until [2193] the death [5054] of Herod [2264]: that [2443] it might be fulfilled [4137] which [3588] was spoken [4483] of [5259] the Lord [2962] by [1223] the prophet [4396], saying [3004], Out of [1537] Egypt [125] have I called [2564] my [3450] son [5207].

⁹ With my soul [05315] have I desired [0183] thee in the night [03915]; yea, with my spirit [07307] within [07130] me will I seek thee early [07836]: for when thy judgments [04941] are in the earth [0776], the inhabitants [03427] of the world [08398] will learn [03925] righteousness [06664].

² And many [07227] of them that sleep [03463] in the dust [06083] of the earth [0127] shall awake [06974], some to everlasting [05769] life [02416], and some to shame [02781] and everlasting [05769] contempt [01860].

¹ The hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] was upon me, and carried me out [03318] in the spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068], and set me down [05117] in the midst [08432] of the valley [01237] which was full [04392] of bones [06106],
² And caused me to pass [05674] by them round about [05439]: and, behold, there were very [03966] many [07227] in the open [06440] valley [01237]; and, lo, they were very [03966] dry [03002].
³ And he said [0559] unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], can these bones [06106] live [02421]? And I answered [0559], O Lord [0136] GOD [03069], thou knowest [03045].
⁴ Again he said [0559] unto me, Prophesy [05012] upon these bones [06106], and say [0559] unto them, O ye dry [03002] bones [06106], hear [08085] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068].
⁵ Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] unto these bones [06106]; Behold, I will cause breath [07307] to enter [0935] into you, and ye shall live [02421]:
⁶ And I will lay [05414] sinews [01517] upon you, and will bring up [05927] flesh [01320] upon you, and cover [07159] you with skin [05785], and put [05414] breath [07307] in you, and ye shall live [02421]; and ye shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].
⁷ So I prophesied [05012] as I was commanded [06680]: and as I prophesied [05012], there was a noise [06963], and behold a shaking [07494], and the bones [06106] came together [07126], bone [06106] to his bone [06106].
⁸ And when I beheld [07200], lo, the sinews [01517] and the flesh [01320] came up [05927] upon them, and the skin [05785] covered [07159] them above [04605]: but there was no breath [07307] in them.
⁹ Then said [0559] he unto me, Prophesy [05012] unto the wind [07307], prophesy [05012], son [01121] of man [0120], and say [0559] to the wind [07307], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Come [0935] from the four [0702] winds [07307], O breath [07307], and breathe [05301] upon these slain [02026], that they may live [02421].
¹⁰ So I prophesied [05012] as he commanded [06680] me, and the breath [07307] came [0935] into them, and they lived [02421], and stood up [05975] upon their feet [07272], an exceeding [03966] [03966] great [01419] army [02428].
¹¹ Then he said [0559] unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], these bones [06106] are the whole house [01004] of Israel [03478]: behold, they say [0559], Our bones [06106] are dried [03001], and our hope [08615] is lost [06]: we are cut off [01504] for our parts.
¹² Therefore prophesy [05012] and say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Behold, O my people [05971], I will open [06605] your graves [06913], and cause you to come up [05927] out of your graves [06913], and bring [0935] you into the land [0127] of Israel [03478].
¹³ And ye shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068], when I have opened [06605] your graves [06913], O my people [05971], and brought you up [05927] out of your graves [06913],
¹⁴ And shall put [05414] my spirit [07307] in you, and ye shall live [02421], and I shall place [03240] you in your own land [0127]: then shall ye know [03045] that I the LORD [03068] have spoken [01696] it, and performed [06213] it, saith [05002] the LORD [03068].

¹⁵ Thou hast increased [03254] the nation [01471], O LORD [03068], thou hast increased [03254] the nation [01471]: thou art glorified [03513]: thou hadst removed it far [07368] unto all the ends [07099] of the earth [0776].

¹ Sing [07442], O barren [06135], thou that didst not bear [03205]; break forth [06476] into singing [07440], and cry aloud [06670], thou that didst not travail with child [02342]: for more [07227] are the children [01121] of the desolate [08074] than the children [01121] of the married wife [01166], saith [0559] the LORD [03068].
² Enlarge [07337] the place [04725] of thy tent [0168], and let them stretch forth [05186] the curtains [03407] of thine habitations [04908]: spare [02820] not, lengthen [0748] thy cords [04340], and strengthen [02388] thy stakes [03489];
³ For thou shalt break forth [06555] on the right hand [03225] and on the left [08040]; and thy seed [02233] shall inherit [03423] the Gentiles [01471], and make the desolate [08074] cities [05892] to be inhabited [03427].

¹⁴ They are dead [04191], they shall not live [02421]; they are deceased [07496], they shall not rise [06965]: therefore hast thou visited [06485] and destroyed [08045] them, and made all their memory [02143] to perish [06].

¹⁹ Then he sent out [07971] a second [08145] on horseback [07392] [05483], which came [0935] to them, and said [0559], Thus saith [0559] the king [04428], Is it peace [07965]? And Jehu [03058] answered [0559], What hast thou to do with peace [07965]? turn [05437] thee behind [0310] me.

⁵ I will be as the dew [02919] unto Israel [03478]: he shall grow [06524] as the lily [07799], and cast forth [05221] his roots [08328] as Lebanon [03844].

⁵ For he bringeth down [07817] them that dwell [03427] on high [04791]; the lofty [07682] city [07151], he layeth it low [08213]; he layeth it low [08213], even to the ground [0776]; he bringeth [05060] it even to the dust [06083].

¹² And the fortress [04013] of the high fort [04869] of thy walls [02346] shall he bring down [07817], lay low [08213], and bring [05060] to the ground [0776], even to the dust [06083].

²⁵ DALETH. My soul [05315] cleaveth [01692] unto the dust [06083]: quicken [02421] thou me according to thy word [01697].

²⁵ For our soul [05315] is bowed down [07743] to the dust [06083]: our belly [0990] cleaveth [01692] unto the earth [0776].

²⁰ I will even give [05414] them into the hand [03027] of their enemies [0341], and into the hand [03027] of them that seek [01245] their life [05315]: and their dead bodies [05038] shall be for meat [03978] unto the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064], and to the beasts [0929] of the earth [0776].

²³ And they fetched forth [03318] Urijah [0223] out of Egypt [04714], and brought [0935] him unto Jehoiakim [03079] the king [04428]; who slew [05221] him with the sword [02719], and cast [07993] his dead body [05038] into the graves [06913] of the common [01121] people [05971].

¹⁸ And first [07223] I will recompense [07999] their iniquity [05771] and their sin [02403] double [04932]; because they have defiled [02490] my land [0776], they have filled [04390] mine inheritance [05159] with the carcases [05038] of their detestable [08251] and abominable things [08441].

²² Speak [01696], Thus saith [05002] the LORD [03068], Even the carcases [05038] of men [0120] shall fall [05307] as dung [01828] upon the open [06440] field [07704], and as the handful [05995] after [0310] the harvestman [07114], and none shall gather [0622] them.

³³ And the carcases [05038] of this people [05971] shall be meat [03978] for the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064], and for the beasts [0929] of the earth [0776]; and none shall fray them away [02729].

² The dead bodies [05038] of thy servants [05650] have they given [05414] to be meat [03978] unto the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064], the flesh [01320] of thy saints [02623] unto the beasts [02416] of the earth [0776].

¹¹ They shall be even an abomination [08263] unto you; ye shall not eat [0398] of their flesh [01320], but ye shall have their carcases [05038] in abomination [08262].

²⁴ And the fat [02459] of the beast that dieth of itself [05038], and the fat [02459] of that which is torn with beasts [02966], may be used [06213] in any other use [04399]: but ye shall in no wise [0398] eat [0398] of it.

² Or if a soul [05315] touch [05060] any unclean [02931] thing [01697], whether it be a carcase [05038] of an unclean [02931] beast [02416], or a carcase [05038] of unclean [02931] cattle [0929], or the carcase [05038] of unclean [02931] creeping things [08318], and if it be hidden [05956] from him; he also shall be unclean [02931], and guilty [0816].

¹⁶ LORD [03068], in trouble [06862] have they visited [06485] thee, they poured out [06694] a prayer [03908] when thy chastening [04148] was upon them.

⁴ And [2532] I saw [1492] thrones [2362], and [2532] they sat [2523] upon [1909] them [846], and [2532] judgment [2917] was given [1325] unto them [846]: and [2532] I saw the souls [5590] of them that were beheaded [3990] for [1223] the witness [3141] of Jesus [2424], and [2532] for [1223] the word [3056] of God [2316], and [2532] which [3748] had [4352] not [3756] worshipped [4352] the beast [2342], neither [3777] his [846] image [1504], [2532] neither [3756] had received [2983] his mark [5480] upon [1909] their [846] foreheads [3359], or [2532] in [1909] their [846] hands [5495]; and [2532] they lived [2198] and [2532] reigned [936] with [3326] Christ [5547] a thousand [5507] years [2094].
⁵ But [1161] the rest [3062] of the dead [3498] lived [326] not [3756] again [326] until [2193] the thousand [5507] years [2094] were finished [5055]. This [3778] is the first [4413] resurrection [386].
⁶ Blessed [3107] and [2532] holy [40] is he that hath [2192] part [3313] in [1722] the first [4413] resurrection [386]: on [1909] such [5130] the second [1208] death [2288] hath [2192] no [3756] power [1849], but [235] they shall be [2071] priests [2409] of God [2316] and [2532] of Christ [5547], and [2532] shall reign [936] with [3326] him [846] a thousand [5507] years [2094].

¹¹ LORD [03068], when thy hand [03027] is lifted up [07311], they will not see [02372]: but they shall see [02372], and be ashamed [0954] for their envy [07068] at the people [05971]; yea, the fire [0784] of thine enemies [06862] shall devour [0398] them.
¹² LORD [03068], thou wilt ordain [08239] peace [07965] for us: for thou also hast wrought [06466] all our works [04639] in us.
¹³ O LORD [03068] our God [0430], other lords [0113] beside [02108] thee have had dominion [01166] over us: but by thee only will we make mention [02142] of thy name [08034].
¹⁴ They are dead [04191], they shall not live [02421]; they are deceased [07496], they shall not rise [06965]: therefore hast thou visited [06485] and destroyed [08045] them, and made all their memory [02143] to perish [06].
¹⁵ Thou hast increased [03254] the nation [01471], O LORD [03068], thou hast increased [03254] the nation [01471]: thou art glorified [03513]: thou hadst removed it far [07368] unto all the ends [07099] of the earth [0776].
¹⁶ LORD [03068], in trouble [06862] have they visited [06485] thee, they poured out [06694] a prayer [03908] when thy chastening [04148] was upon them.
¹⁷ Like [03644] as a woman with child [02030], that draweth near [07126] the time of her delivery [03205], is in pain [02342], and crieth out [02199] in her pangs [02256]; so have we been in thy sight [06440], O LORD [03068].
¹⁸ We have been with child [02029], we have been in pain [02342], we have as it were [03644] brought forth [03205] wind [07307]; we have not wrought [06213] any deliverance [03444] in the earth [0776]; neither [01077] have the inhabitants [03427] of the world [08398] fallen [05307].

¹⁹ Thy dead [04191] men shall live [02421], together with my dead body [05038] shall they arise [06965]. Awake [06974] and sing [07442], ye that dwell [07931] in dust [06083]: for thy dew [02919] is as the dew [02919] of herbs [0219], and the earth [0776] shall cast out [05307] the dead [07496].
²⁰ Come [03212], my people [05971], enter [0935] thou into thy chambers [02315], and shut [05462] thy doors [01817] about thee: hide [02247] thyself as it were for a little [04592] moment [07281], until the indignation [02195] be overpast [05674].
²¹ For, behold, the LORD [03068] cometh out [03318] of his place [04725] to punish [06485] the inhabitants [03427] of the earth [0776] for their iniquity [05771]: the earth [0776] also shall disclose [01540] her blood [01818], and shall no more cover [03680] her slain [02026].

²⁰ The earth [0776] shall reel [05128] to and fro [05128] like a drunkard [07910], and shall be removed [05110] like a cottage [04412]; and the transgression [06588] thereof shall be heavy [03513] upon it; and it shall fall [05307], and not rise [06965] again [03254].

¹² And the fortress [04013] of the high fort [04869] of thy walls [02346] shall he bring down [07817], lay low [08213], and bring [05060] to the ground [0776], even to the dust [06083].

¹⁸ We have been with child [02029], we have been in pain [02342], we have as it were [03644] brought forth [03205] wind [07307]; we have not wrought [06213] any deliverance [03444] in the earth [0776]; neither [01077] have the inhabitants [03427] of the world [08398] fallen [05307].

³ The heaven [08064] for height [07312], and the earth [0776] for depth [06011], and the heart [03820] of kings [04428] is unsearchable [02714].

¹⁷ For, behold, I create [01254] new [02319] heavens [08064] and a new [02319] earth [0776]: and the former [07223] shall not be remembered [02142], nor come [05927] into mind [03820].

⁷ Our bones [06106] are scattered [06340] at the grave's [07585] mouth [06310], as when one cutteth [06398] and cleaveth [01234] wood upon the earth [0776].

¹⁷ Every [3956] good [18] gift [1394] and [2532] every [3956] perfect [5046] gift [1434] is [2076] from above [509], and cometh down [2597] from [575] the Father [3962] of lights [5457], with [3844] whom [3739] is [1762] no [3756] variableness [3883], neither [2228] shadow [644] of turning [5157].

¹² Yea, the darkness [02822] hideth [02821] not from thee; but the night [03915] shineth [0215] as the day [03117]: the darkness [02825] and the light [0219] are both alike to thee.

³⁹ And one [0259] went out [03318] into the field [07704] to gather [03950] herbs [0219], and found [04672] a wild [07704] vine [01612], and gathered [03950] thereof wild [07704] gourds [06498] his lap [0899] full [04393], and came [0935] and shred [06398] them into the pot [05518] of pottage [05138]: for they knew [03045] them not.

³ Thy people [05971] shall be willing [05071] in the day [03117] of thy power [02428], in the beauties [01926] of holiness [06944] from the womb [07358] of the morning [04891]: thou hast the dew [02919] of thy youth [03208].

²⁵ Therefore is the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] kindled [02734] against his people [05971], and he hath stretched forth [05186] his hand [03027] against them, and hath smitten [05221] them: and the hills [02022] did tremble [07264], and their carcases [05038] were torn [05478] in the midst [07130] of the streets [02351]. For all this his anger [0639] is not turned away [07725], but his hand [03027] is stretched out [05186] still.

¹⁴ And shall put [05414] my spirit [07307] in you, and ye shall live [02421], and I shall place [03240] you in your own land [0127]: then shall ye know [03045] that I the LORD [03068] have spoken [01696] it, and performed [06213] it, saith [05002] the LORD [03068].

¹¹ Then he said [0559] unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], these bones [06106] are the whole house [01004] of Israel [03478]: behold, they say [0559], Our bones [06106] are dried [03001], and our hope [08615] is lost [06]: we are cut off [01504] for our parts.
¹² Therefore prophesy [05012] and say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Behold, O my people [05971], I will open [06605] your graves [06913], and cause you to come up [05927] out of your graves [06913], and bring [0935] you into the land [0127] of Israel [03478].
¹³ And ye shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068], when I have opened [06605] your graves [06913], O my people [05971], and brought you up [05927] out of your graves [06913],