{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/26","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T01:24:23.468Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":26,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":25,"nextChapter":27,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: we have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth faith may enter in."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is'stayed on thee ; because he trusteth in thee."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Trust ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jehovah, even Jehovah, is an everlasting rock."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For he hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city: he layeth it low, he layeth it low even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The foot shall tread it down; even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial name , is the desire of our soul."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Let favor be showed 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 Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see thy zeal for the people, and be put to shame; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Jehovah, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for thou hast also wrought all our works for us."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"O Jehovah our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Thou hast increased the nation, O Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so we have been before thee, O Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"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 earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"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."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 26 (ASV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 26](https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/26)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/26 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}