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Isaiah 26:19 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 26 · verse 19
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.Isaiah 26:19 · King James Version
Isaiah 26:19 in context
17Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
18We 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; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
19Thy 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.
20Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
21For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Commentary
Cross references
- Daniel 12:2
- Ezekiel 37:1-14
- Matthew 27:52
- Ephesians 5:14
- Hosea 13:14
- Revelation 20:12-13
- Psalms 71:20
- Hosea 6:2
Key words (Strong's)
- ariseqûwmto riseH6965 →
- Awakeqûwtsto awakeH6974 →
- dwellshâkanto reside or permanently stayH7931 →
- herbsʼôwrâhluminousnessH219 →
- deadmûwthto dieH4191 →
- livechâyâhto live, whether literally or figurativelyH2421 →
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The prophet in these verses looks back upon what God had done with them, both in mercy and judgment, and sings unto God of both, and then looks forward upon what he hoped God would do for them. Observe, I. His reviews and reflections are mixed. When he looks back upon the state of the church he finds, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-19