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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 God 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 the truth 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 the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
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 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.
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, most upright, dost weigh 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 LORD , have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name , and to the remembrance of thee .
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 early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will 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 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.
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 !
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 .
O LORD, You will establish peace for us . For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.
LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us : for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
O LORD our God, other lords besides You have had dominion , but Your name alone do we confess .
O LORD our God, other lords beside 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 their memory 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 LORD , thou hast increased the nation : thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth .
O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them , they poured out a quiet prayer.
LORD, 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 have we been in thy sight , O LORD.
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 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.
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 as it were 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, 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.

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