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18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; [a]neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. 19 Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is as the dew of [b]herbs, and the earth shall cast forth [c]the dead.

20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:18 Or, neither have inhabitants of the world been born
  2. Isaiah 26:19 Or, light
  3. Isaiah 26:19 Or, the shades. Hebrew Rephaim.

18 We 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)

19 But 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)

20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
    and shut the doors(H) behind you;
hide(I) yourselves for a little while
    until his wrath(J) has passed by.(K)

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