Isaiah 26:19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 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. Observe, I. His reviews and reflections are mixed. When he looks back upon the state of the church he finds, 1. That God had in many instances been very gracious to them and had done great things for them. (1.) In general (Isa. 26:12): Thou hast wrought all our works in us, or for us. Whatever good work... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 26:19

Thy dead men shall live ,.... These are the words of Christ to his church and people, promising great and good things to them after their troubles are over, thereby comforting them under all their trials and disappointments; as that such things should come to pass, which would be as life from the dead; as the conversion of the Jews, and of great numbers of the Gentiles, dead in trespasses and sins; and a great reviving of the interest of religion, and of professors of it, grown cold, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 26:19

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... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:15-21

The resurrection of Israel. The population of Judah has been increased, and its borders extended. (For this cause of rejoicing cf. Isaiah 9:2 ; Isaiah 49:19 , Isaiah 49:20 ; Isaiah 54:1 , etc.; Micah 2:1 , Micah 2:2 ; Micah 4:7 ; Obadiah 1:19 , Obadiah 1:20 .) Probably he is thinking of the population and strength of the land in the days of David and Solomon, as typical of what is again to be in the happier times. But actually a period of gloom and suffering must precede... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:19

Thy dead men shall live . A universal resurrection of" some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt" ( Daniel 12:2 ), is not yet announced; but only a resurrection of the just, perhaps only of the just Israelites. The object is encouragement, especially encouragement of those whom the prophet directly addresses—the religious Israelites of his own day. It is enough for them at the present time to know that, whether the day of the Lord comes in their time or no, when... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:19

The doctrine of the resurrections. The belief in a future life and a future judgment was held by the Assyrians and Babylonians from a time anterior to the departure of Abraham from Ur of the Chaldees. A very elaborate doctrine of a resurrection was also held by the Egyptians from an extremely remote antiquity. The Jews, on the other hand, do not appear to have had definite notions on the subject until the period of the Captivity. It is, perhaps, possible to account for the indistinct and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:19

(with Isaiah 26:14 ) Contrasted issues. Taking Isaiah 26:19 as it surely should be taken, in connection and in contrast with Isaiah 26:14 , and understanding the primary reference of both of them to he to the hopes of the Hebrew nation at the time of the prophecy, we have our attention called to— I. THE ISSUE OF UPRIGHTEOUSNESS — DEATH . 1. It tends to fatal ruin. The tyrants of Babylon, being overthrown, should rise up no more, should never regain their position,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 26:19-21

THE PROPHET 'S COMMENT ON THE SONG OF THE JUST . Having concluded his " song of the just" in a minor key with a confession of human weakness, the prophet proceeds to cheer and encourage his disciples by a clear and positive declaration of the doctrine of the resurrection: "Thy dead, O Israel, shall live." He then adds a recommendation for the present—a recommendation to privacy and retirement, until the judgments of God which he has predicted ( Isaiah 24:1-23 .) are shown... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 26:19

Thy dead men shall live - Very various interpretations have been given of this verse, which may be seen at length by comparing Vitringa, Rosenmuller, Gesenius, and Poole’s Synopsis. In Isaiah 26:14, the chorus is represented as saying of the dead men and tyrants of Babylon that had oppressed the captive Jews, that they should not rise, and should no more oppress the people of God. In contradistinction from this fate of their enemies, the choir is here introduced as addressing Yahweh (compare... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 26:19

Isaiah 26:19. Thy dead men shall live The prophet here, speaking in the name of God, turns his speech to God’s church, and gives her a cordial to support her in that deep distress which he had foretold she should suffer, and which is described in the preceding verse. Thy dead men are not like those mentioned Isaiah 26:14, for they shall not live, as was there said, but thine shall live. You shall certainly be delivered from all your fears and dangers. For here, as Bishop Lowth observes,... read more

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