Isaiah 26:14

¹² O LORD, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.

¹³ O LORD our God, other lords besides You have had dominion, but Your name alone do we confess.

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.

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.

¹⁶ O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: The dead shall not live. The departed spirits shall not rise. Therefore you have visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.
ASV: [They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish.
DARBY: [They are] dead, they shall not live; deceased, they shall not rise: for thou hast visited and destroyed them, and made all memory of them to perish.
BLB: Those being dead will not live; the Rephaim will not rise; therefore you have attended to and destroyed them, and You have made to perish all memory of them.

ÅB: Døde blir ikke levende, dødninger står ikke opp[^1]; derfor hjemsøker og ødelegger du dem og gjør hvert minne om dem til intet.
OTB: De døde vil ikke leve, de avdøde ånder vil ikke reise seg; derfor har du straffet og ødelagt dem, og du har utslettet all minne om dem.
B1930: Døde blir ikke levende, dødninger står ikke op; derfor hjemsøker og ødelegger du dem og gjør hvert minne om dem til intet. / < nemlig til dette liv. 5MO 32, 26. JBS 18, 17. SLM 9, 7; 88, 11 fg. OSP 10, 7.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
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Revelation 18:2–3
And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.
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Isaiah 14:19–22
But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.
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Habakkuk 2:18–20
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
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Isaiah 8:19
When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
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Psalms 106:28
They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
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Isaiah 51:12–13
“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
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Psalms 109:13
May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
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