Esias 26
1 In that day they shall sing this song in the land of Judea; Behold a strong city; and he shall make salvation [its] wall and bulwark.
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; walls and bulwarks doth He appoint for salvation.
2 Open you the gates, let the nation enter that keeps righteousness, and keeps truth,
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation that keepeth faithfulness may enter in.
3 supporting truth, and keeping peace: for on you, O Lord,
The mind stayed on Thee Thou keepest in perfect peace; because it trusteth in Thee.
4 they have trusted with confidence for ever, the great, the eternal God;
Trust ye in the LORD for ever, for the LORD is GOD, an everlasting Rock.
5 who have humbled and brought down them that dwell on high, you shall cast down strong cities, and bring them to the ground.
For He hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city, laying it low, laying it low even to the ground, bringing it even to the dust.
6 And the feet of the meek and lowly shall trample them.
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
7 The way of the godly is made straight: the way of the godly is also prepared.
The way of the just is straight; Thou, Most Upright, makest plain the path of the just.
8 For the way of the Lord is judgement: we have hoped in your name, and on the remembrance [of you],
Yea, in the way of Thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for Thee; to Thy name and to Thy memorial is the desire of our soul.
9 which our soul longs for: my spirit seeks you very early in the morning, O God, for your commandments are a light on the earth: learn righteousness, you that dwell upon the earth.
With my soul have I desired Thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me have I sought Thee earnestly; for when Thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10 For the ungodly one is put down: no one who will not learn righteousness on the earth, shall be able to do the truth: let the ungodly be taken away, that he see not the glory of the Lord.
Let favour be shown to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
11 O Lord, your arm is exalted, yet they knew it not: but when they know they shall be ashamed: jealousy shall seize upon an untaught nation, and now fire shall devour the adversaries.
LORD, Thy hand was lifted up, yet they see not; they shall see with shame Thy zeal for the people; yea, fire shall devour Thine adversaries.
12 O Lord our God, give us peace: for you have rendered to us all things.
LORD, Thou wilt establish peace for us; for Thou hast indeed wrought all our works for us.
13 O Lord our God, take possession of us: O Lord, we know not [any] other beside you: we name your name.
O LORD our God, other lords beside Thee have had dominion over us; but by Thee only do we make mention of Thy name.
14 But the dead shall not see life, neither shall physicians by any means raise [them] up: therefore you have brought [wrath] upon [them], and slain [them], and have taken away every male of them. Bring more evils upon them, O Lord;
The dead live not, the shades rise not; to that end hast Thou punished and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
15 bring more evils on the glorious ones of the earth.
Thou hast gotten Thee honour with the nations, O LORD, yea, exceeding great honour with the nations; Thou art honoured unto the farthest ends of the earth.
16 Lord, in affliction I remembered you; your chastening was to us with small affliction.
LORD, in trouble have they sought Thee, silently they poured out a prayer when Thy chastening was upon them.
17 And as a woman in travail draws near to be delivered, [and] cries out in her pain; so have we been to your beloved.
Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been at Thy presence, O LORD.
18 We have conceived, O Lord, because of your fear, and have been in pain, and have brought forth the breath of your salvation, which we have wrought upon the earth: we shall not fall, but all that dwell upon the land shall fall.
We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the land; neither are the inhabitants of the world come to life.
19 The dead shall rise, and they that are in the tombs shall be raised, and they that are in the earth shall rejoice: for the dew from you is healing to them: but the land of the ungodly shall perish.
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 light, and the earth shall bring to life the shades.
20 Go, my people, enter into your closets, shut your door, hide yourself for a little season, until the anger of the Lord have passed away.
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.
21 For, behold, the Lord is bringing wrath from [his] holy place upon the dwellers on the earth: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall not cover her slain.
For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of His place to visit upon the inhabitants of the earth their iniquity; the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
