Isaiah 26:19

"We have been with child. We have been in pain. We gave birth, it seems, only to wind. We have not worked any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen."

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From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

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. InIsaiah 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 (compareIsaiah 26:16), and saying ‘thy dead shall live;’ that is, thy people shall live again shall be restored to to vigor, and strength, and enjoyment.

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