Isaiah 26:16–27:6

¹⁶Lord, ^qin trouble they have visited You,

They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them.

¹⁷As ^ra woman with child

Is in pain and cries out in her ⁹pangs,

When she draws near the time of her delivery,

So have we been in Your sight, O Lord.

¹⁸We have been with child, we have been in pain;

We have, as it were, ¹brought forth wind;

We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,

Nor have ^sthe inhabitants of the world fallen.

^19tYour dead shall live;

Together with ²my dead body they shall arise.

^uAwake and sing, you who dwell in dust;

For your dew is like the dew of herbs,

And the earth shall cast out the dead.

Take Refuge from the Coming Judgment

²⁰Come, my people, ^venter your chambers,

And shut your doors behind you;

Hide yourself, as it were, ^wfor a little moment,

Until the indignation is past.

²¹For behold, the Lord ^xcomes out of His place

To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;

The earth will also disclose her ³blood,

And will no more cover her slain.

27In that day the Lord with His severe sword, great and strong,

Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,

^aLeviathan that twisted serpent;

And He will slay ^bthe reptile that is in the sea.

The Restoration of Israel

²In that day ^csing to her,

^d“A vineyard of ¹red wine!

^3eI, the Lord, keep it,

I water it every moment;

Lest any hurt it,

I keep it night and day.

⁴Fury is not in Me.

Who would set ^fbriers and thorns

Against Me in battle?

I would go through them,

I would burn them together.

⁵Or let him take hold ^gof My strength,

That he may ^hmake peace with Me;

And he shall make peace with Me.”

⁶Those who come He shall cause ⁱto take root in Jacob;

Israel shall blossom and bud,

And fill the face of the world with fruit.