Isaiah 26:14

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.

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 increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.

¹⁶ LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

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.

Compare

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 just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
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Revelation 18:2–3
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
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Isaiah 14:19–22
But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
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Habakkuk 2:18–20
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
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Isaiah 8:19
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
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Psalms 106:28
They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
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Isaiah 51:12–13
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
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Psalms 109:13
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
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