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Isaiah

Prophecies about judgment and salvation, promising hope and a savior.

Chapter 26

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KJV: In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.

Geneva: In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Iudah, We haue a strong citie: saluation shal God set for walles and bulwarkes.

KJV: Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

Geneva: Open ye the gates that the righteous nation, which keepeth the trueth, may enter in.

KJV: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

Geneva: By an assured purpose wilt thou preserue perfite peace, because they trusted in thee.

KJV: Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

Geneva: Trust in the Lord for euer: for in the Lord God is strength for euermore.

KJV: For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

Geneva: For hee will bring downe them that dwell on hie: the hie citie he will abase: euen vnto the ground wil he cast it downe, & bring it vnto dust.

KJV: The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

Geneva: The foote shall treade it downe, euen the feete of the poore, and the steppes of the needie.

KJV: The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

Geneva: The way of the iust is righteousnesse: thou wilt make equall the righteous path of the iust.

KJV: Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

Geneva: Also we, O Lorde, haue waited for thee in the way of thy iudgemets: the desire of our soule is to thy Name, and to the remembrance of thee.

KJV: With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Geneva: With my soule haue I desired thee in the night, and with my spirit within mee will I seeke thee in the morning: for seeing thy iudgements are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learne righteousnesse.

KJV: Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

Geneva: Let mercie bee shewed to the wicked, yet hee will not learne righteousnesse: in the land of vprightnesse will he do wickedly, and will not beholde the maiestie of the Lord.

KJV: LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

Geneva: O Lorde, they will not beholde thine hie hande: but they shall see it, and bee confounded with the zeale of the people, and the fire of thine enemies shall deuoure them.

KJV: LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.

Geneva: Lord, vnto vs thou wilt ordeine peace: for thou also hast wrought all our workes for vs.

KJV: O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

Geneva: O Lord our God, other lords beside thee, haue ruled vs, but we will remember thee onely, and thy Name.

KJV: 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.

Geneva: The dead shall not liue, neither shall the dead arise, because thou hast visited and scattered them, and destroyed all their memorie.

KJV: 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.

Geneva: Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord: thou hast increased the nation: thou art made glorious: thou hast enlarged all the coastes of the earth.

KJV: LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

Geneva: Lorde, in trouble haue they visited thee: they powred out a prayer when thy chastening was vpon them.

KJV: Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.

Geneva: Like as a woman with childe, that draweth neere to the trauaile, is in sorow, and cryeth in her paines, so haue we bene in thy sight, O Lord.

KJV: 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.

Geneva: We haue coceiued, we haue borne in paine, as though we should haue brought forth winde: there was no helpe in the earth, neither did the inhabitants of the world fall.

KJV: 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.

Geneva: Thy dead men shall liue: euen with my body shall they rise. Awake, and sing, ye that dwel in dust: for thy dewe is as the dew of herbes, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

KJV: 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.

Geneva: Come, my people: enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doores after thee: hide thy selfe for a very litle while, vntill the indignation passe ouer.

KJV: For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

Geneva: For lo, the Lord commeth out of his place, to visite the iniquitie of the inhabitants of the earth vpon them: and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more hide her slaine.

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