Isaiah 26:21

Judgment

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.

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

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.

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: 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.
KJV: For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
WEB: For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.
ASV: For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
DARBY: For behold, Jehovah cometh out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth upon them; and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
BLB: For behold, YHWH is coming forth from His place to punish the iniquity of those dwelling in the earth! And the earth will uncover her bloodshed and she will not cover anymore over her slain.

ÅB: For se, Herren går ut fra sitt sted for å hjemsøke jordboerne for deres misgjerning, og jorden skal la det blod som er utøst på den, komme for dagen og ikke mere dekke sine drepte.
[^1]: nemlig til dette liv. 5MO 32, 26. JBS 18, 17. SLM 9, 7; 88, 11 fg. OSP 10, 7.
OTB: For se, Herren kommer ut fra sitt sted for å straffe jordens innbyggere for deres urett; jorden vil avsløre sitt blodutgytelse og vil ikke lenger dekke sine drepte.
B1930: For se, Herren går ut fra sitt sted for å hjemsøke jordboerne for deres misgjerning, og jorden skal la det blod som er utøst på den, komme for dagen og ikke mere dekke sine drepte.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jude 1:14–15
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
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Revelation 6:9–11
And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.
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Isaiah 13:11
I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
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Isaiah 18:4
For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
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Job 16:18
O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.
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Micah 1:3–8
For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
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Numbers 35:32–33
Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
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Revelation 16:6
For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
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