Isaiah 26:18-20

Amplified Bible

¹⁸
We have been with child, we have twisted and struggled in labor;
We gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish salvation for the earth,
Nor were inhabitants of the world ^[a]born.
¹⁹
Your dead will live;
^[b]Their dead bodies will rise.
You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy!
For your dew is a dew of [celestial] light [heavenly, supernatural],
And the earth will give birth to the spirits of the dead.^(A)

²⁰
Come, my people, enter your chambers
And shut your doors behind you;
Hide for a little while
Until the [Lord’s] ^[c]wrath is past.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 26:18 Lit fallen.
Isaiah 26:19 So with some ancient versions; MT reads My dead body.
Isaiah 26:20 Lit curse.

Isaiah 26:18-20

New International Version

¹⁸We were with child, we writhed in labor,
but we gave birth^(A) to wind.
We have not brought salvation^(B) to the earth,
and the people of the world have not come to life.^(C)

¹⁹But your dead^(D) will live, Lord;
    their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust^(E)
    wake up and shout for joy—
your dew^(F) is like the dew of the morning;
    the earth will give birth to her dead.^(G)