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Isaiah 26
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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. |
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| 26:2
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may
enter in. |
 (26:2) "Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may
enter in."
Donald Rumsfeld sent this verse to inspire the
troops during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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| 26:3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because
he trusteth in thee.
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| 26:4
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting
strength: |
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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. |
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| 26:6
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of
the needy. |
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| 26:7
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the
path of the just. |
 (26:7) "The way of the just is uprightness."
Has the ever been a just person?
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| 26:8
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. |
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| 26:9
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. |
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| 26:10
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. |
(26:10)
"The wicked ... will not behold the majesty of the LORD."
Will everyone see the majesty of God?
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| 26:11
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.
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| 26:12
LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our
works in us.
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| 26:13
O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by
thee only will we make mention of thy name. |
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| 26:14
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. |
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| 26:15
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. |
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| 26:16
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy
chastening was upon them. |
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| 26:17
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. |
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| 26:18
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. |
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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. |
(26:19) "Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise."
Is death final?
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| 26:20
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. |
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| 26:21
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.
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