Isa.26.1
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
Isa.26.1
At that time, this song will be sung in the country of Judah: We have a strong city, Salvation City, built and fortified with salvation.
Isa.26.1
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.
Isa.26.1
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.
Isa.26.1
In that day, everyone in the land of Judah will sing this song: Our city is now strong! We are surrounded by the walls of God's salvation.
Isa.26.2
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
Isa.26.2
Throw wide the gates so good and true people can enter.
Isa.26.2
Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.
Isa.26.2
Open the gates, That the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in.
Isa.26.2
Open the gates to all who are righteous; allow the faithful to enter.
Isa.26.3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Isa.26.3
People with their minds set on you, you keep completely whole, Steady on their feet, because they keep at it and don't quit.
Isa.26.3
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.
Isa.26.3
You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.
Isa.26.3
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Isa.26.4
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
Isa.26.4
Depend on GOD and keep at it because in the LORD GOD you have a sure thing.
Isa.26.4
Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.
Isa.26.4
Trust in the LORD forever, For in Yah, the LORD, is everlasting strength.
Isa.26.4
Trust in the LORD always, for the LORD GOD is the eternal Rock.
Isa.26.5
For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
Isa.26.5
Those who lived high and mighty he knocked off their high horse. He used the city built on the hill as fill for the marshes.
Isa.26.5
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.
Isa.26.5
For He brings down those who dwell on high, The lofty city; He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He brings it down to the dust.
Isa.26.5
He humbles the proud and brings the arrogant city to the dust. Its walls come crashing down!
Isa.26.6
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
Isa.26.6
All the exploited and outcast peoples build their lives on the reclaimed land.
Isa.26.6
Feet trample it down- the feet of the oppressed, the footsteps of the poor.
Isa.26.6
The foot shall tread it down-- The feet of the poor And the steps of the needy."
Isa.26.6
The poor and oppressed trample it underfoot.
Isa.26.7
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
Isa.26.7
The path of right-living people is level. The Leveler evens the road for the right-living.
Isa.26.7
The path of the righteous is level; O upright One, you make the way of the righteous smooth.
Isa.26.7
The way of the just is uprightness; O Most Upright, You weigh the path of the just.
Isa.26.7
But for those who are righteous, the path is not steep and rough. You are a God of justice, and you smooth out the road ahead of them.
Isa.26.8
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Isa.26.8
We're in no hurry, GOD. We're content to linger in the path sign-posted with your decisions. Who you are and what you've done are all we'll ever want.
Isa.26.8
Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.
Isa.26.8
Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; The desire of our soul is for Your name And for the remembrance of You.
Isa.26.8
LORD, we love to obey your laws; our heart's desire is to glorify your name.
Isa.26.9
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Isa.26.9
Through the night my soul longs for you. Deep from within me my spirit reaches out to you. When your decisions are on public display, everyone learns how to live right.
Isa.26.9
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.
Isa.26.9
With my soul I have desired You in the night, Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; For when Your judgments are in the earth, The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Isa.26.9
All night long I search for you; earnestly I seek for God. For only when you come to judge the earth will people turn from wickedness and do what is right.
Isa.26.10
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
Isa.26.10
If the wicked are shown grace, they don't seem to get it. In the land of right living, they persist in wrong living, blind to the splendor of GOD.
Isa.26.10
Though grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and regard not the majesty of the LORD.
Isa.26.10
Let grace be shown to the wicked, Yet he will not learn righteousness; In the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly, And will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
Isa.26.10
Your kindness to the wicked does not make them do good. They keep doing wrong and take no notice of the LORD's majesty.
Isa.26.11
LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
Isa.26.11
You hold your hand up high, GOD, but they don't see it. Open their eyes to what you do, to see your zealous love for your people. Shame them. Light a fire under them. Get the attention of these enemies of yours.
Isa.26.11
O 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.
Isa.26.11
LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see. But they will see and be ashamed For their envy of people; Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.
Isa.26.11
O LORD, they do not listen when you threaten. They do not see your upraised fist. Show them your eagerness to defend your people. Perhaps then they will be ashamed. Let your fire consume your enemies.
Isa.26.12
LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
Isa.26.12
GOD, order a peaceful and whole life for us because everything we've done, you've done for us.
Isa.26.12
LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
Isa.26.12
LORD, You will establish peace for us, For You have also done all our works in us.
Isa.26.12
LORD, you will grant us peace, for all we have accomplished is really from you.
Isa.26.13
O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
Isa.26.13
O GOD, our God, we've had other masters rule us, but you're the only Master we've ever known.
Isa.26.13
O LORD, our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honor.
Isa.26.13
O LORD our God, masters besides You Have had dominion over us; But by You only we make mention of Your name.
Isa.26.13
O LORD our God, others have ruled us, but we worship you alone.
Isa.26.14
They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
Isa.26.14
The dead don't talk, ghosts don't walk, Because you've said, "Enough--that's all for you," and wiped them off the books.
Isa.26.14
They are now dead, they live no more; those departed spirits do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin; you wiped out all memory of them.
Isa.26.14
They are dead, they will not live; They are deceased, they will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them, And made all their memory to perish.
Isa.26.14
Those we served before are dead and gone. Never again will they return! You attacked them and destroyed them, and they are long forgotten.
Isa.26.15
Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
Isa.26.15
But the living you make larger than life. The more life you give, the more glory you display, and stretch the borders to accommodate more living!
Isa.26.15
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.
Isa.26.15
You have increased the nation, O LORD, You have increased the nation; You are glorified; You have expanded all the borders of the land.
Isa.26.15
We praise you, LORD! You have made our nation great; you have extended our borders!
Isa.26.16
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
Isa.26.16
O GOD, they begged you for help when they were in trouble, when your discipline was so heavy they could barely whisper a prayer.
Isa.26.16
LORD, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.
Isa.26.16
LORD, in trouble they have visited You, They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them.
Isa.26.16
LORD, in distress we searched for you. We were bowed beneath the burden of your discipline.
Isa.26.17
Like 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.
Isa.26.17
Like a woman having a baby, writhing in distress, screaming her pain as the baby is being born, That's how we were because of you, O GOD.
Isa.26.17
As a woman with child and about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, O LORD.
Isa.26.17
As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out in her pangs, When she draws near the time of her delivery, So have we been in Your sight, O LORD.
Isa.26.17
We were like a woman about to give birth, writhing and crying out in pain. When we are in your presence, LORD,
Isa.26.18
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; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
Isa.26.18
We were pregnant full-term. We writhed in labor but bore no baby. We gave birth to wind. Nothing came of our labor. We produced nothing living. We couldn't save the world.
Isa.26.18
We were with child, we writhed in pain, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth; we have not given birth to people of the world.
Isa.26.18
We have been with child, we have been in pain; We have, as it were, brought forth wind; We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth, Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
Isa.26.18
we, too, writhe in agony, but nothing comes of our suffering. We have done nothing to rescue the world; no one has been born to populate the earth.
Isa.26.19
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.
Isa.26.19
But friends, your dead will live, your corpses will get to their feet. All you dead and buried, wake up! Sing! Your dew is morning dew catching the first rays of sun, The earth bursting with life, giving birth to the dead.
Isa.26.19
But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You 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.
Isa.26.19
Your dead shall live; Together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead.
Isa.26.19
Yet we have this assurance: Those who belong to God will live; their bodies will rise again! Those who sleep in the earth will rise up and sing for joy! For God's light of life will fall like dew on his people in the place of the dead!
Isa.26.20
Come, 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.
Isa.26.20
Come, my people, go home and shut yourselves in. Go into seclusion for a while until the punishing wrath is past,
Isa.26.20
Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by.
Isa.26.20
Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut your doors behind you; Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, Until the indignation is past.
Isa.26.20
Go home, my people, and lock your doors! Hide until the LORD's anger against your enemies has passed.
Isa.26.21
For, 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.
Isa.26.21
Because GOD is sure to come from his place to punish the wrong of the people on earth. Earth itself will point out the bloodstains; it will show where the murdered have been hidden away.
Isa.26.21
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 upon her; she will conceal her slain no longer.
Isa.26.21
For behold, the LORD comes out of His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; The earth will also disclose her blood, And will no more cover her slain.
Isa.26.21
Look! The LORD is coming from heaven to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will no longer hide those who have been murdered. They will be brought out for all to see.
