Isaiah 26:14

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.

Majority Standard Bible

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 You have ruled over us, but Your name alone do we confess.

15You 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.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:30That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.

Job 7:9As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.

Job 24:20The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.

Psalms 106:28They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Isaiah 10:3What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

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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