Isaiah 26–27

26^*aIn that day ^bshall this song be sung in the land of Judah;

We have a strong city;

^cSalvation will God appoint for walls and ^dbulwarks.

^2eOpen ye the gates,

^eThat the righteous nation which keepeth the ^†truth may enter in.

³Thou wilt keep him ^fin ^†perfect peace,

Whose ^||mind is ^gstayed on thee:

Because ^hhe trusteth in thee.

⁴Trust ye in the Lord ⁱfor ever:

For in ^kthe Lord JEHOVAH is ^†everlasting strength:

⁵For ^lhe bringeth down them that dwell on high;

^lmThe lofty city, he layeth it low;

^lHe layeth it low, even to the ground;

^lHe bringeth it even to the dust.

⁶The foot shall tread it down,

Even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

⁷The way of the just is ⁿuprightness:

^oThou, most upright, dost ^pweigh the path of the just.

⁸Yea, ^qin the way of thy judgments, O Lord, ^rshave we waited for thee;

The desire of ^sour soul is ^tto ^uthy name, and ^qto ^uthe remembrance of thee.

⁹With my soul have I desired thee ^vin the night;

Yea, with my spirit within me will I ^wseek thee early:

For when ^xthy judgments are in the earth,

The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

^10yLet ^zfavour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness:

In ^athe land of uprightness will he deal unjustly,

And ^bwill not behold the majesty of the Lord.

¹¹Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, ^bThey will not see:

But they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy ^||at the people;

Yea, ^cthe fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

¹²Lord, thou wilt ordain ^dPeace ^efor us:

For ^fthou also hast wrought all our works ^||in us.

¹³O Lord our God,

^ffOther lords beside thee have had dominion over us:

But ^gby thee only will we make mention of thy name.

¹⁴They are dead, they shall not live;

They are ^ggdeceased, they shall not rise:

^hTherefore hast thou ⁱvisited and destroyed them,

And ^kmade all their memory to perish.

^15lThou hast increased the nation, O Lord,

Thou hast increased the nation: ^mthou art glorified:

Thou hadst ⁿremoved it far unto all ^othe ends of the earth.

¹⁶Lord, ^pIn trouble have they visited thee,

They poured out a ^†prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

^17qLike 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 ^rthe inhabitants of the world ^sfallen.

^19tThy dead men shall live,

Together with my dead body shall they arise.

^tAwake and sing, ^tye that dwell in dust:

For ^uthy dew is as the dew of ^vherbs,

And the earth shall cast out ^ggthe dead.

²⁰Come, my people, ^wenter thou into thy chambers,

And shut thy doors about thee:

Hide thyself as it were ^xfor a little ^ymoment,

^zUntil the indignation be overpast.

^21aFor, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place

To ^bpunish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity:

The earth also shall disclose her ^†blood,

And ^cshall no more cover her slain.

27^aIn that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword

Shall ^bpunish ^cdleviathan the ^||piercing serpent,

Even ^cdleviathan that ^ecrooked serpent;

And he shall slay ^dthe dragon that is in the sea.

^2aIn that day ^fsing ye unto her,

^gA vineyard of red wine.

^3hI the Lord do ⁱkeep it;

I will water it ^jevery moment:

Lest any ^bhurt it, ^hI will ⁱkeep it night and day.

^4kFury is not in me:

Who would ^lmset the briers and thorns against me in battle?

I would ^||go through them, I would ^mburn them together.

⁵Or let him take hold of ⁿmy strength,

^oThat he may make peace with me;

And he shall make peace with me.

⁶He shall cause them that come of Jacob ^pto take root:

Israel shall ^qblossom and ^qbud,

And fill the face of the world with fruit.

⁷Hath he smitten him, ^†ras he smote those that smote him?

Or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?

^8rsIn measure, ^||when it shooteth forth, thou wilt ^tdebate with it:

^||He stayeth his rough wind in the day of ^vthe east wind.

^9wBy this therefore shall ^xthe iniquity of Jacob be purged;

And this is all the fruit ^yto take away his sin;

When he maketh all the stones of the altar as ^zchalkstones that are beaten in sunder,

^aThe groves and ^||aimages shall not stand up.

¹⁰Yet ^bthe defenced city shall be desolate,

And ^bcthe habitation ^dforsaken, and left ^blike a wilderness:

^eThere shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down,

And consume ^fthe branches thereof.

¹¹When ^gthe boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off:

The women come, and ^hset them on fire:

For ⁱit is a people of no understanding:

Therefore ^khe that made them will not have mercy on them,

And ^klhe that formed them will shew them no favour.

¹²And it shall come to pass ^min that day,

That the Lord shall ^nubeat off from ^othe channel of ^pthe river ^qunto the stream of Egypt,

And ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

¹³And it shall come to pass ^min that day,

That ^rthe great trumpet shall be blown,

And they shall come which were ^sready to perish in the land of Assyria,

And ^tthe outcasts in the land of Egypt,

And ^ushall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.