Isaiah 26 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts. In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts. In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks.
2 Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith. Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter—one that remains faithful. Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.
3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You. You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
4 Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal. Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.
5 He humbles those who dwell on high, he lays the lofty city low; he levels it to the ground and casts it down to the dust. For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust. For he has humbled the inhabitants of the height, the lofty city. He lays it low, lays it low to the ground, casts it to the dust.
6 Feet trample it down— the feet of the oppressed, the footsteps of the poor. Feet trample it down—the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor. The foot tramples it, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.”
7 The path of the righteous is level; you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth. The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright. The path of the righteous is level; you make level the way of the righteous.
8 Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts. Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls. In the path of your judgments, O LORD, we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul.
9 My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness. My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness. My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10 But when grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and do not regard the majesty of the LORD. Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD. If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly and does not see the majesty of the LORD.
11 LORD, your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame; let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them. O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them! O LORD, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed. Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.
12 LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us. O LORD, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us. O LORD, you will ordain peace for us, for you have indeed done for us all our works.
13 LORD our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honor. O LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, but Your name alone do we confess. O LORD our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone we bring to remembrance.
14 They are now dead, they live no more; their spirits do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin; you wiped out all memory of them. The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them. They are dead, they will not live; they are shades, they will not arise; to that end you have visited them with destruction and wiped out all remembrance of them.
15 You have enlarged the nation, LORD; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself; you have extended all the borders of the land. You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land. But you have increased the nation, O LORD, you have increased the nation; you are glorified; you have enlarged all the borders of the land.
16 LORD, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer. O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer. O LORD, in distress they sought you; they poured out a whispered prayer when your discipline was upon them.
17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, LORD. As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD. Like a pregnant woman who writhes and cries out in her pangs when she is near to giving birth, so were we because of you, O LORD;
18 We were with child, we writhed in labor, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth, and the people of the world have not come to life. We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world. we were pregnant, we writhed, but we have given birth to wind. We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth, and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.
19 But your dead will live, LORD; their bodies will rise— let those who dwell in the dust wake up and shout for joy— your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead. Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead. Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.
20 Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by. Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed. Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the fury has passed by.
21 See, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed on it; the earth will conceal its slain no longer. For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain. For behold, the LORD is coming out from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity, and the earth will disclose the blood shed on it, and will no more cover its slain.
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