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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 26:19 - 26:19
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In antithesis to Isa 26:14, “They (Israel’s foes) shall not live”; “Thy (Jehovah’s) dead men (the Jews) shall live,” that is, primarily, be restored, spiritually (Isa 54:1-3), civilly and nationally (Isa 26:15); whereas Thy foes shall not; ultimately, and in the fullest scope of the prophecy, restored to life literally (Eze 37:1-14; Dan 12:2).
together with my dead body - rather, “my dead body,” or “bodies” (the Jewish nation personified, which had been spiritually and civilly dead; or the nation, as a parent, speaking of the bodies of her children individually, see on Isa 26:9, “I,” “My”): Jehovah’s “dead” and “my dead” are one and the same [Horsley]. However, as Jesus is the antitype to Israel (Mat 2:15), English Version gives a true sense, and one ultimately contemplated in the prophecy: Christ’s dead body being raised again is the source of Jehovah’s people (all, and especially believers, the spiritual Israelites) also being raised (1Co 15:20-22).
Awake - (Eph 5:14), spiritually.
in dust - prostate and dead, spiritually and nationally; also literally (Isa 25:12; Isa 47:1).
dew - which falls copiously in the East and supplies somewhat the lack of rain (Hos 14:5).
cast out ... dead - that is, shall bring them forth to life again.