Isaiah 26
Isaiah 26 | |
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![]() The Great Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at Qumran from the second century BC, contains all the verses in this chapter. | |
Book | Book of Isaiah |
Bible part | Old Testament |
Order in the Bible part | 23 |
Category | Nevi'im |
Isaiah 26 is the twenty-sixth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is a part of the Book of the Prophets.[1][2] Chapters 24-27 of Isaiah constitute one continuous poetical prophecy,[3] sometimes called the "Isaiah Apocalypse".
Text
- The original text is written in Hebrew language.
- This chapter is divided into 21 verses.
Textual versions
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
- Masoretic Text (10th century)
- Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC) [4]
- 1QIsaa: complete
- 1QIsab: extant: verses 1‑5
- 4QIsab (4Q56): extant: verses 1‑5, 7‑19
Ancient translations in Koine Greek:
- Septuagint (3rd century BC)
- Theodotion version (~AD 180)
Structure
The New King James Version organises this chapter as follows:
- Isaiah 26:1-19 = A Song of Salvation
- Isaiah 26:20-21 and 27:1 = Take Refuge from the Coming Judgment
Verse 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.[5]
See also
- Judah
- Related Bible parts: Isaiah 2, Isaiah 24, Isaiah 25, Isaiah 27, Jeremiah 48, Revelation 19, Revelation 21
References
- ↑ J. D. Davis. 1960. A Dictionary of the Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.
- ↑ Theodore Hiebert, et al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume VI. Nashville: Abingdon
- ↑ A. R. Fausset, in Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary on Isaiah 24, accessed 1 October 2017
- ↑ Timothy A. J. Jull; Douglas J. Donahue; Magen Broshi; Emanuel Tov (1995). "Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert". Radiocarbon. 37 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Isaiah 26:19
External links
Jewish
Christian
- Isaiah 26 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate
- Lowth, R., Isaiah: a new translation: with a preliminary dissertation, and notes, critical, philological and explanatory, Boston, W. Hilliard; Cambridge, J. Munroe and Company, 1834
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