Isaiah 26 · Verse 19

Isaiah 26:19

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.
Isaiah 26:19, King James Version

Isaiah 26:19 in other translations

BSBYour dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
WEBYour dead shall live. Their dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.
ASVThy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
YLT‘Thy dead live--My dead body they rise. Awake and sing, ye dwellers in the dust, For the dew of herbs is thy dew, And the land of Rephaim thou causest to fall.
DARBYThy dead shall live, my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing in triumph, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is the dew of the morning, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
BBEYour dead will come back; their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.
WebsterThy 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.

What does Isaiah 26:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. In antithesis to Is 26:14, "They (Israel's foes) shall not live"; "Thy (Jehovah's) dead men (the Jews) shall live," that is, primarily, be restored, spiritually (Is 54:1-3), civilly and nationally (Is 26:15); whereas Thy foes shall not; ultimately, and in the fullest scope of the prophecy, restored to life literally (Eze 37:1-14; Da 12:2). together with my dead body--rather, "my dead body," or "bodies" (the Jewish nation personified, which had been spiritually and civilly dead; or the nation, as a parent, speaking of the bodies of her children individually, see on Is 26:9, "I," "My"): Jehovah's "dead" and "my dead" are one and the same [Horsley]. However, as Jesus is the antitype to Israel (Mt 2:15), English Version gives a true sense, and one ultimately contemplated in the prophecy: Christ's dead body being raised again is the source of Jehovah's people (all, and especially believers, the spiritual Israelites) also being raised (1Co 15:20-22). Awake--(Ep 5:14), spiritually. in dust--prostate and dead, spiritually and nationally; also literally (Is 25:12; 47:1). dew--which falls copiously in the East and supplies somewhat the lack of rain (Ho 14:5). cast out ... dead--that is, shall bring them forth to life again.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 My dead body "My deceased" - All the ancient Versions render it in the plural; they read נבלותי niblothai, my dead bodies. The Syriac and Chaldee read נבלותיהם niblotheyhem, their dead bodies. No MS. yet found confirms this reading. The dew of herbs "The dew of the dawn" - Lucis, according to the Vulgate; so also the Syriac and Chaldee. The deliverance of the people of God from a state of the lowest depression is explained by images plainly taken from the resurrection of the dead. In the same manner the Prophet Ezekiel represents the restoration of the Jewish nation from a state of utter dissolution by the restoring of the dry bones to life, exhibited to him in a vision, chap. 37, which is directly thus applied and explained, Eze 37:11-13. And this deliverance is expressed with a manifest opposition to what is here said above, Eze 37:14, of the great lords and tyrants, under whom they had groaned: - "They are dead, they shall not live; They are deceased tyrants, they shall not rise:" that they should be destroyed utterly, and should never be restored to their former power and glory. It appears from hence, that the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead was at that time a popular and common doctrine; for an image which is assumed in order to express or represent any thing in the way of allegory or metaphor, whether poetical or prophetical, must be an image commonly known and understood; otherwise it will not answer the purpose for which it is assumed. - L. Kimchi refers these words to the days of the Messiah, and says, "Then many of the saints shall rise from the dead. "And quotes Dan 12:2. Do not these words speak of the resurrection of our blessed Lord; and of that resurrection of the bodies of men, which shall be the consequence of his body being raised from the dead? Thy dead men shall live, - with my dead body shall they arise - This seems very express.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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…

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Isaiah 26:19 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.

יִֽחְי֣וּyich.Yuthey will liveH2421
מֵתֶ֔יךָme.Tei.khadead [ones] yourH4191
נְבֵלָתִ֖יne.ve.la.Ticorpse myH5038
יְקוּמ֑וּןye.ku.Munthey will rise !H6965
הָקִ֨יצוּha.Ki.tzuawakeH6974
וְרַנְּנ֜וּve.ra.ne.Nuand shout for joyH7442
שֹׁכְנֵ֣יsho.khe.NeiO [those who] dwell ofH7931
עָפָ֗ר'a.FardustH6083
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
טַ֤לtal[will be the] dew ofH2919
אוֹרֹת֙'o.RotlightsH219
טַלֶּ֔ךָta.Le.khadew yourH2919
וָאָ֖רֶץva.'A.retzand [the] earthH776
רְפָאִ֥יםre.fa.'Im[the] shadesH7496
תַּפִּֽיל\׃\ \סta.Pilit will make fallH5307

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Cross references for Isaiah 26:19

  • Daniel 12:2

    And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

  • Ezekiel 37:1-14

    The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest. Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. …

  • Matthew 27:52

    And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

  • Ephesians 5:14

    Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

  • Hosea 13:14

    I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

  • Psalms 71:20

    Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

  • Revelation 20:12-13

    And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

  • Hosea 6:2

    After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:14-15

    For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

  • Isaiah 25:8

    He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

  • Philippians 3:21

    Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

  • John 5:28-29

    Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
dead men.
25:8; Eze 37:1-14; Ho 6:2; 13:14; Joh 5:28,29; Ac 24:15
1Co 15:22,23; 1Th 4:14,15; Re 20:5,6,12
my dead.
Mt 27:52,58; Joh 11:25,26; 1Co 15:20,23; Php 3:10,21
Awake
51:17; 52:1,2; 60:1,2; Ps 22:15; 71:20; Da 12:2; Eph 5:14
Re 11:8-11
thy dew.
Ge 2:5,6; De 32:2; 33:13,28; Job 29:19; Ps 110:3; Ho 14:5; Zec 8:12
the earth.
Re 20:13

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Context

  • Isaiah 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.

  • Isaiah 26:19

    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.

  • Isaiah 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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Isaiah 26:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tus muertos vivirán; junto con mi cuerpo muerto resucitarán. ¡Despertad y cantad, moradores del polvo! porque tu rocío, cual rocío de hortalizas; y la tierra echará los muertos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tes morts vivront, mes corps morts se relèveront. Réveillez-vous et exultez avec chant de triomphe, vous qui habitez dans la poussière; car ta rosée est la rosée de l’aurore, et la terre jettera dehors les trépassés.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Deine Toten werden aufleben, meine Leichen wieder erstehen. Wachet auf und jubelt, die ihr im Staube lieget! Denn ein Tau des Lichtes ist dein Tau; und die Erde wird die Schatten auswerfen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vivent mortui tui, interfecti mei resurgent. Expergiscimini, et laudate, qui habitatis in pulvere, quia ros lucis ros tuus, et terram gigantum detrahes in ruinam.