{"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/dbt/isaiah/26","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T00:30:09.900Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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 doth he appoint for walls and bulwarks."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Open ye the gates, and the righteous nation which keepeth faithfulness shall enter in."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Thou wilt keep in perfect peace the mind stayed on thee, for he confideth in thee."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Confide ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jah, Jehovah, is the rock of ages."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low, he layeth it low to the ground, he bringeth it even to the dust."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the afflicted, the steps of the poor."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The way of the just is uprightness: thou, the Upright, dost make the path of the just even."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to thy memorial."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"If favour be shewn to the wicked, he doth not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness he dealeth unjustly, and beholdeth not the majesty of Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, but they do not see: yet they shall see thy jealousy for the people, and be ashamed; yea, the fire which is for thine adversaries shall devour them."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Jehovah, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for thou also hast wrought all our works for us."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Jehovah our God, other lords than thee have had dominion over us; by thee only will we make mention of thy name."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"They are dead, they shall not live; deceased, they shall not rise: for thou hast visited and destroyed them, and made all memory of them to perish."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Thou hast increased the nation, Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified. Thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Jehovah, in trouble they sought thee; they poured out their whispered prayer when thy chastening was upon them."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"As a woman with child, that draweth near her delivery, is in travail, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been before thee, Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"We have been with child, we have been in travail, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought the deliverance of the land, neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"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."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 26 (DBT)","markdown":"[Isaiah 26](https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/26)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/26 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}