Isaiah 26 · Verse 14

Isaiah 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.
Isaiah 26:14, King James Version

Isaiah 26:14 in other translations

BSBThe dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.
WEBThe dead shall not live. The departed spirits shall not rise. Therefore you have visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.
ASVThey are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish.
YLTDead--they live not, Rephaim, they rise not, Therefore Thou hast inspected and dost destroy them, Yea, thou destroyest all their memory.
DARBYThey 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.
BBEThe dead will not come back to life: their spirits will not come back to earth; for this cause you have sent destruction on them, so that the memory of them is dead.
WebsterThey 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.

What does Isaiah 26:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. They--The "other lords" or tyrants (Is 26:13). shall not live--namely, again. deceased--Hebrew, "Rephaim"; powerless, in the land of shades (Is 14:9, 10). therefore--that is, inasmuch as. Compare "therefore" (Ge 18:5; 19:8).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 26:12-19

Every creature, every business, any way serviceable to our comfort, God makes to be so; he makes that work for us which seemed to make against us. They had been slaves of sin and Satan; but by the Divine grace they were taught to look to be set free from all former masters. The cause opposed to God and his kingdom will sink at last. See our need of afflictions. Before, prayer came drop by drop; now they pour it out…

Read the full comment on Isaiah 26:12-19 →

Isaiah 26:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מֵתִים֙me.Timdead [ones]H4191
בַּל\־bal-notH1077
יִחְי֔וּyich.Yuthey will liveH2421
רְפָאִ֖יםre.fa.'ImshadesH7496
בַּל\־bal-notH1077
יָקֻ֑מוּya.Ku.muthey will riseH6965
לָכֵ֤ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
פָּקַ֙דְתָּ֙pa.Kad.tayou have visitedH6485
וַתַּשְׁמִידֵ֔םva.tash.mi.Demand you have destroyed themH8045
וַתְּאַבֵּ֥דva.te.'a.Bedand you have destroyedH6
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
זֵ֖כֶרZe.kherremembranceH2143
לָֽמוֹ\׃la.moof them

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 26:14

  • Proverbs 10:7

    The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

  • Revelation 18:2-3

    And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

  • Isaiah 14:19-22

    But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord.

  • Habakkuk 2:18-20

    What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

  • Isaiah 8:19

    And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

  • Psalms 106:28

    They joined themselves also unto Baal–peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

  • Isaiah 51:12-13

    I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

  • Psalms 109:13

    Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

  • Isaiah 10:3

    And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

  • Deuteronomy 4:28

    And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

  • Psalms 9:6

    O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

  • Exodus 14:30

    Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
dead.
19; 8:19; 51:12,13; Ex 14:30; Ps 106:28; Hab 2:18-20; Mt 2:20
Re 18:2,3; 19:19-21; 20:5
and made.
14:19-22; Ps 9:6; 109:13; Pr 10:7

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Context

  • Isaiah 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.

  • Isaiah 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.

  • Isaiah 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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Isaiah 26:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Muertos son, no vivirán: han fallecido, no resucitarán: porque los visitaste, y destruiste, y deshiciste toda su memoria.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Les morts ne vivront pas, les trépassés ne se relèveront pas; car tu les as visités, et tu les as exterminés, et tu as détruit toute mémoire d’eux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Tote leben nicht auf, Schatten erstehen nicht wieder; darum hast du sie heimgesucht und vertilgt und hast all ihr Gedächtnis zunichte gemacht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Morientes non vivant, gigantes non resurgant: propterea visitasti et contrivisti eos, et perdidisti omnem memoriam eorum.