KJV Isaiah Chapter 26
1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will |God| appoint |for| walls and bulwarks. 2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. 3 Thou wilt keep |him| in perfect peace, |whose| mind |is| stayed |on thee|: because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH |is| everlasting strength: 5 For he bringeth 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. 6 The foot shall tread it down, |even| the feet of the poor, |and| the steps of the needy. 7 The way of the just |is| uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of |our| soul |is| to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. 9 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 |are| in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. 10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, |yet| will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD. 11 LORD, |when| thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: |but| they shall see, and be ashamed for |their| envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them. 12 LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. 13 O LORD our God, |other| lords beside thee have had dominion over us: |but| by thee only will we make mention of thy name. 14 |They are| dead, they shall not live; |they are| deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish. 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed |it| far |unto| all the ends of the earth. 16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer |when| thy chastening |was| upon them. 17 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 in thy sight, O LORD. 18 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. 19 Thy dead |men| shall live, |together with| my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew |is as| the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. 20 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. 21 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.