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Isaiah 26:14

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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise,.... The above tyrannical lords, the kings of the earth and their mighty men, associates of the Romish antichrist, who shall…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

They are dead - That is, the kings and tyrants to whom reference is made in Isa 26:13. The principal enemies of the Jews, who had oppressed them, were slain when Babylon was taken by Cyrus (see the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 26:12-19

The prophet in these verses looks back upon what God had done with them, both in mercy and judgment, and sings unto God of both, and then looks forward upon what he hoped God would do for them.…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Render: The dead shall not live, the Shades (Rěphâ" îm, as in Isa 14:9) shall not rise, &c. In the form of a general proposition the writer expresses Israel's sense of security with regard to those…