Isaiah 26 — The Holy Bible

Isaiah 26, verse 1. In that day they shall sing this song in the land of Judah: “Behold, we have a strong city; He will make our salvation its surrounding wall. Isaiah 26, verse 2. Open the gates; let the people enter who keep righteousness and guard the truth, Isaiah 26, verse 3. and who lay hold of the truth and keep peace, Isaiah 26, verse 4. because they hope forever in You, O Lord, the great and eternal God, Isaiah 26, verse 5. who humbles and brings down those who dwell on high; the strong cities You will cast down; You will bring them down to the ground. Isaiah 26, verse 6. The feet of the gentle and the humble shall tread them underfoot. Isaiah 26, verse 7. The way of the godly is straight; and the way of the godly is prepared. Isaiah 26, verse 8. For the way of the Lord is judgment. We hope in Your name and in the remembrance of You, Isaiah 26, verse 9. which our soul desires at night. My spirit rises early in the morning to You, O God, for Your commands are a light upon the earth. Learn righteousness, you who dwell on the earth. Isaiah 26, verse 10. The ungodly man ceases; he will not learn righteousness on the earth; he will not do the truth; let the ungodly man be taken away, that he may not see the glory of the Lord. Isaiah 26, verse 11. O Lord, Your arm is exalted, but they did not know it. But when they know it, they shall be ashamed, for jealousy will seize an untaught people; and now fire will devour the adversaries. Isaiah 26, verse 12. O Lord our God, grant us peace, for You render everything to us. Isaiah 26, verse 13. O Lord our God, possess us; O Lord, we know no other besides You; we name Your name. Isaiah 26, verse 14. The dead will not see life; neither will physicians raise them. Therefore You brought evils upon them and destroyed them, and took away every male of theirs. Isaiah 26, verse 15. Bring more evils on them, O Lord, on the glorious of the earth. Isaiah 26, verse 16. O Lord, I remembered You in my hard circumstances. Your chastening to us was a small affliction. Isaiah 26, verse 17. As a woman with child is in pain and cries out in her pangs, when she draws near the time of her delivery, so we became Your beloved because of Your fear, O Lord. Isaiah 26, verse 18. We have been with child, we have been in pain, and we have given birth. We brought forth the spirit of Your salvation on the earth. But the inhabitants of the world shall fall. Isaiah 26, verse 19. The dead shall rise up; and those in the tombs shall arise. Those in the earth shall be glad, for your dew is a healing for them, but the land of the ungodly shall come to an end.” Isaiah 26, verse 20. Come, my people, enter your closets and shut your door; hide yourself for a very short while, until the anger of the Lord is past. Isaiah 26, verse 21. For behold, the Lord is bringing wrath from His holy place upon the inhabitants of the earth, and the earth will uncover its blood and will not cover its slain.