Isaiah 26:14

Let not the dead live, let not the giants rise again: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and best destroyed all their memory.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

13O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us, only in thee let us remember thy name.

15Thou hast been favourable to the nation, O Lord, thou hast been favourable to the nation: art thou glorified? thou hast removed all the ends of the earth far off.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:30And the Lord delivered Israel on that day out of the hands of the Egyptians.

Job 7:9As a cloud is consumed, and passeth away: so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up.

Job 24:20Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness: let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree.

Psalms 106:28They also were initiated to Beelphegor: and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

Proverbs 10:7The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked shall rot.

Isaiah 10:3What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 26:13-20

Goodness of God to Israel; Israel Corrected for Sin; Prospects of the Church. ( b. c. 718.) 12 Lord , thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. 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. 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. 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord , thou hast… Read the whole commentary →

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