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Isaiah 26:1¹At that time this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city! The Lord ’s deliverance, like walls and a rampart, makes it secure.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 60:18 Isa 62:11 Zech 2:5 Eph 5:19-20 2 Sam 22:1-51 Isa 25:9 Isa 27:1-2 Jer 33:11 Ps 31:21 Ps 48:12

Isaiah 26:2²Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter— one that remains trustworthy.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 5:9 1 Pet 2:9 Isa 60:11 Ps 118:20 Isa 62:10 Isa 62:2 Acts 2:47 Exod 19:6 Ezek 48:31-34 Isa 54:14

Isaiah 26:3³You keep completely safe the people who maintain their faith, for they trust in you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Phil 4:7 John 16:33 John 14:27 Jer 17:7-8 Ps 9:10 Rom 5:1 Ps 85:7-8 Rom 4:18-21 Eph 2:14-16 Isa 31:1

Isaiah 26:4⁴Trust in the Lord from this time forward, even in Yah, the Lord, an enduring protector!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 12:2 Ps 62:8 Ps 55:22 Phil 4:13 Ps 18:2 Ps 62:11 1 Sam 2:2 Prov 3:5-6 Ps 46:1 Matt 6:13

Isaiah 26:5⁵Indeed, the Lord knocks down those who live in a high place, he brings down an elevated town; he brings it down to the ground, he throws it down to the dust.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 51:37 Job 40:11-13 Rev 18:2 Isa 13:11 Jer 51:25-26 Jer 51:64 Isa 14:13 Isa 2:12 Isa 25:11-12 Isa 32:19

Isaiah 26:6⁶It is trampled underfoot by the feet of the oppressed, by the soles of the poor.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 10:19 Rom 16:20 Rev 2:26 Jas 2:5 Josh 10:24 1 Cor 1:26 Dan 7:27 Isa 25:10 Isa 3:15 Isa 37:25

Isaiah 26:7⁷The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you prepare is straight.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Eph 2:10 Isa 42:16 1 John 3:10 1 John 3:7 2 Cor 1:12 Job 27:5-6 Prov 20:7 Ps 11:7 1 Chr 29:17 1 Cor 4:5

Isaiah 26:8⁸Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 5:7-11 Ps 37:3-7 Isa 33:2 2 Thess 3:5 Exod 3:15 Ps 65:6 Acts 1:4 Rom 8:25 2 Sam 23:5 Isa 12:4

Isaiah 26:9⁹I look for you during the night; my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 6:33 Ps 119:62 Ps 63:1 Song 3:1-4 Ps 63:6-7 Luke 6:12 Mark 1:35 Ps 58:11 Rev 11:13 Isa 55:6

Isaiah 26:10¹⁰If the wicked are shown mercy, they do not learn about justice. Even in a land where right is rewarded, they act unjustly; they do not see the Lord ’s majesty revealed.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Hos 11:7 John 5:37-38 Rom 2:4-5 Deut 32:15 Eccl 3:16 Exod 8:15 Exod 8:31-32 Exod 9:34 Jer 2:7 Mic 2:10

Isaiah 26:11¹¹O Lord, you are ready to act, but they don’t even notice. They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind; yes, fire will consume your enemies.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 10:27 Isa 5:24 Mic 5:9 1 Pet 3:16 1 Sam 5:6-11 1 Sam 6:9 2 Thess 1:8 Acts 28:27 Exod 9:14 Isa 11:13

Isaiah 26:12¹²O Lord, you make us secure, for even all we have accomplished, you have done for us.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Eph 2:10 Ps 57:2 Ps 29:11 Ezek 20:14 Deut 30:6 Heb 13:20 Jer 33:6 Isa 57:10 John 14:27 Ezek 20:22

Isaiah 26:13¹³O Lord, our God, masters other than you have ruled us, but we praise your name alone.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 2:8 Isa 63:7 2 Chr 12:8 Amos 6:10 Heb 13:15 Isa 10:11 Isa 12:4 Isa 51:22 Josh 23:7 Rom 6:22

Isaiah 26:14¹⁴The dead do not come back to life, the spirits of the dead do not rise. That is because you came in judgment and destroyed them, you wiped out all memory of them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 10:7 Rev 18:2-3 Hab 2:18-20 Isa 14:19-22 Isa 51:12-13 Isa 8:19 Ps 106:28 Deut 4:28 Exod 14:30 Isa 10:3

Isaiah 26:15¹⁵You have made the nation larger, O Lord; you have made the nation larger and revealed your splendor; you have extended all the borders of the land.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 9:3 Deut 10:22 Ezek 36:24 Ezek 5:12 Gen 12:2 Gen 13:16 Isa 33:17 Isa 44:23 Isa 54:2-3 Isa 60:21

Isaiah 26:16¹⁶O Lord, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Hos 5:15 Ps 50:15 1 Sam 1:15 2 Chr 33:12-13 2 Chr 6:37-38 Deut 4:29-30 Hos 7:14 Isa 37:3 Jer 22:23 Judg 10:9-10

Isaiah 26:17¹⁷As when a pregnant woman gets ready to deliver and strains and cries out because of her labor pains, so were we because of you, O Lord.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 13:8 Isa 21:3 John 16:21 1 Thess 5:3 Jer 4:31 Jer 30:6 Jer 6:24 Ps 48:6

Isaiah 26:18¹⁸We were pregnant, we strained, we gave birth, as it were, to wind. We cannot produce deliverance on the earth; no people are born to populate the world.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Hos 13:13 Ps 17:14 2 Kgs 19:3 Isa 37:3 Isa 59:4 Isa 33:11 1 John 5:19 1 Sam 11:13 1 Sam 14:45 Exod 5:22-23

Isaiah 26:19¹⁹Your dead will come back to life; your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Dan 12:2 Ezek 37:1-14 Matt 27:52 Eph 5:14 Hos 13:14 Ps 71:20 Rev 20:12-13 Hos 6:2 1 Thess 4:14-15 Isa 25:8

Isaiah 26:20²⁰Go, my people! Enter your inner rooms! Close your doors behind you! Hide for a little while, until his angry judgment is over.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 30:5 Ps 27:5 Isa 54:7-8 Matt 6:6 Ps 91:4 Prov 18:10 Ps 17:8 2 Cor 4:17 Ps 32:7 Isa 10:25

Isaiah 26:21²¹For look, the Lord is coming out of the place where he lives, to punish the sin of those who live on the earth. The earth will display the blood shed on it; it will no longer cover up its slain.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 13:11 Jude 1:14-15 Rev 6:9-11 Isa 18:4 Job 16:18 Mic 1:3-8 Num 35:32-33 Rev 16:6 2 Thess 1:7-10 Ezek 24:7-8

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