{"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/kjv/isaiah/26","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T00:35:29.839Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 <i>God</i> appoint <i>for</i> walls and bulwarks."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Thou wilt keep <i>him</i> in perfect peace, <i>whose</i> mind <i>is</i> stayed <i>on thee</i>: because he trusteth in thee."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH <i>is</i> everlasting strength:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, <i>even</i> to the ground; he bringeth it <i>even</i> to the dust."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The foot shall tread it down, <i>even</i> the feet of the poor, <i>and</i> the steps of the needy."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The way of the just <i>is</i> uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of <i>our</i> soul <i>is</i> to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments <i>are</i> in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Let favour be shewed to the wicked, <i>yet</i> will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"LORD, <i>when</i> thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: <i>but</i> they shall see, and be ashamed for <i>their</i> envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"O LORD our God, <i>other</i> lords beside thee have had dominion over us: <i>but</i> by thee only will we make mention of thy name."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"<i>They are</i> dead, they shall not live; <i>they are</i> deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed <i>it</i> far <i>unto</i> all the ends of the earth."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer <i>when</i> thy chastening <i>was</i> upon them."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Like as a woman with child, <i>that</i> draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, <i>and</i> crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD."},{"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 <i>men</i> shall live, <i>together with</i> my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew <i>is as</i> the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"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."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 26 (KJV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 26](https://primebible.com/kjv/isaiah/26)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/isaiah/26 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}