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Isaiah 26

21 aligned verses; 21 with wording or punctuation differences .

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In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts .
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: we have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks .
Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter one that remains faithful .
Open ye the gates , that the righteous nation which keepeth faith may enter in .
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind , because he trusts in You .
Thou wilt keep `him' in perfect peace, `whose' mind `is' stayed `on thee'; because he trusteth in thee .
Trust in the LORD forever , because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal .
Trust ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jehovah , `even' Jehovah, is an everlasting rock.
For He has humbled those who dwell on high ; He lays the lofty city low . He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.
For he hath brought 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.
Feet trample it down the feet of the oppressed , the steps of the poor .
The foot shall tread it down ; even the feet of the poor , and the steps of the needy .
The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright .
The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just .
Yes, we wait for You , O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments . Your name and renown are the desire of our souls .
Yea , in the way of thy judgments , O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name , even to thy memorial `name', is the desire of our soul .
My soul longs for You in the night; indeed , my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea , with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Though grace is shown to the wicked man , he does not learn righteousness . In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD .
Let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness ; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of Jehovah .
O LORD , Your hand is upraised , but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame . The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
Jehovah , thy hand is lifted up , yet they see not: but they shall see `thy' zeal for the people , and be put to shame ; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.
O LORD , You will establish peace for us . For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.
Jehovah , thou wilt ordain peace for us ; for thou hast also wrought all our works for us.
O LORD our God, other lords besides You have had dominion , but Your name alone do we confess .
O Jehovah our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name .
The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise . Therefore You have punished and destroyed them ; You have wiped out all memory of them.
`They are' dead , they shall not live; `they are' deceased, they shall not rise : therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them , and made all remembrance of them to perish .
You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation . You have gained glory for Yourself ; You have extended all the borders of the land.
Thou hast increased the nation, O Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.
O LORD , they sought You in their distress ; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
Jehovah , in trouble have they visited thee ; they poured out a prayer `when' thy chastening was upon them .
As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence , O LORD .
Like as a woman with child , that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so we have been before thee , O Jehovah .
We were with child ; we writhed in pain ; but we gave birth to wind . We have given no salvation to the earth , nor brought any life into the world.
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 .
Your dead will live; their bodies will rise . Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust ! For your dew is like the dew of the morning , and the earth will bring forth her dead.
Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise . Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust ; for thy dew is `as' the dew of herbs , and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
Go , my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed .
Come , my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast .
For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity . The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
For , behold, Jehovah cometh forth 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.

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