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Selected Verse: Isaiah 26:14 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 26:14 |
King James |
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. |
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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] |
They--The "other lords" or tyrants (Isa 26:13).
shall not live--namely, again.
deceased--Hebrew, "Rephaim"; powerless, in the land of shades (Isa 14:9-10).
therefore--that is, inasmuch as. Compare "therefore" (Gen 18:5; Gen 19:8). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
They are dead - That is, the kings and tyrants to whom reference is made in Isa 26:13. The principal enemies of the Jews, who had oppressed them, were slain when Babylon was taken by Cyrus (see the notes at Isa. 13; 14)
They shall not live - They shall not again live, and be permitted to harass and enslave us.
They are deceased - Hebrew, רפאים repâ'iym - a name given to the shades or manes of the dead, from an idea that they were weak and powerless (see the notes at Isa 14:9-10; compare Psa 88:11; Pro 2:18; Pro 9:18; Pro 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"; the word לכן lākên being used evidently in the sense of because that, as in Gen 38:26; Num 11:31; Num 14:13; Psa 42:7; Psa 45:3. The declaration that follows is given as the reason why they were dead, and incapable of again injuring or annoying them.
Hast thou visited ... - (see the note at Isa 24:22) The word 'visit' here is used in the sense of to punish.
And made all their memory to perish - Hast blotted out their name; hast caused their celebrity to cease. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The tyrants who usurped the rule over Israel have now utterly disappeared. "Dead men live not again, shades do not rise again: so hast Thou visited and destroyed them, and caused all their memory to perish." The meaning is not that Jehovah had put them to death because there was no resurrection at all after death; for, as we shall see further on, the prophet was acquainted with such a resurrection. In mēthim (dead men) and rephâ'im (shades) he had directly in mind the oppressors of Israel, who had been thrust down into the region of the shades (like the king of Babylon in chapter 14), so that there was no possibility of their being raised up or setting themselves up again. The לכן is not argumentative (which would be very freezing in this highly lyrical connection), but introduces what must have occurred eo ipso when the other had taken place (it corresponds to the Greek ἄρα, and is used here in the same way as in Isa 61:7; Jer 5:2; Jer 2:33; Zac 11:7; Job 34:25; Job 42:3). They had fallen irrevocably into Sheol (Psa 49:15), and consequently God had swept them away, so that not even their name was perpetuated. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Rise - Those tyrants are destroyed; they shall never live or rise again to molest us. |
8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
13 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
13 And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
13 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
7 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.