Isaiah 26:20
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.
19 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.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
- KJV
- Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
- WEB
- Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.
- ASV
- Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
- DARBY
- Come, my people, enter into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself just for a little moment, until the indignation be past.
- BLB
- Go, my people, come into your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourself a little while, until [His] anger has passed by.
- ÅB
- Gå, mitt folk, gå inn i dine kammer og lukk dørene etter deg! Skjul deg et lite øyeblikk, inntil vreden går over!
- OTB
- Kom, mitt folk, gå inn i dine rom og lukk dørene bak deg; gjem deg en liten stund til harme har gått forbi.
- B1930
- Gå, mitt folk, gå inn i dine kammer og lukk dørene efter dig! Skjul dig et lite øieblikk, inntil vreden går over!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 30:5
For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Read in contextPsalms 27:5
For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
Read in contextIsaiah 54:7–8
“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
Read in contextMatthew 6:6
But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Read in contextPsalms 91:4
He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
Read in contextProverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Read in contextPsalms 17:8
Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.
Read in context