Isaiah 26:19

The resurrection Hope Eternal life Death and loss

¹⁷ As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD.

¹⁸ We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.

Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.

²⁰ Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.

²¹ For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
KJV: Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
WEB: Your dead shall live. Their dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.
ASV: Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
DARBY: Thy dead shall live, my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing in triumph, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is the dew of the morning, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
BLB: Your dead will live—my corpse they rise! Awake and sing out, O dwellers of the dust! For a dew of light [is] your dew, and the earth, she will cast out the Rephaim.

ÅB: Dine døde skal bli levende, mine lik skal stå opp; våkn opp og juble, dere som bor i støvet! For dugg over grønne urter er din dugg, og jorden gir dødninger tilbake til livet.
OTB: Dine døde vil leve; deres kropper vil reise seg. Dere som bor i støvet, våkn opp og rop av glede, for din dugg er som morgenens dugg, og jorden vil føde de avdøde ånder.
B1930: Dine døde skal bli levende, mine lik skal opstå; våkn op og juble, I som bor i støvet! For dugg over grønne urter er din dugg, og jorden gir dødninger tilbake til livet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Daniel 12:2
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
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Ezekiel 37:1–14
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.
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Matthew 27:52
The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
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Ephesians 5:14
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
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Hosea 13:14
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
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Psalms 71:20
Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
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Revelation 20:12–13
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
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Hosea 6:2
After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
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