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Isaiah 26:14
ESV They are dead, they will not live; they are shades, they will not arise; to that end you have visited them with destruction and wiped out all remembrance of them.
NIV They are now dead, they live no more; their spirits do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin; you wiped out all memory of them.
NASB The dead will not live, the departed spirits will not rise; Therefore You have punished and destroyed them, And You have eliminated all remembrance of them.
CSB The dead do not live; departed spirits do not rise up. Indeed, you have punished and destroyed them; you have wiped out all memory of them.
NLT Those we served before are dead and gone. Their departed spirits will never return! You attacked them and destroyed them, and they are long forgotten.
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.

What does Isaiah 26:14 mean?

This passage boldly states that the Lord will eventually establish peace for Israel and Judah. He has been the true source of every victory throughout their long history (Isaiah 26:12; Psalm 44:1–3).

The prophet has admitted that other lords have ruled over his people in the past. These may have been the kings of invading armies or the false gods of other nations. Isaiah has made clear that those "other lords" are no longer honored or even remembered (Isaiah 26:13). Now he adds that they are all dead. They are "shades," ghosts of memory, who will never walk the earth again. Even the memory of them is wiped out, God's destruction is complete. Only the Lord, Israel's true ruler, remains.

The same can be said of those who come to God through faith in Christ as Lord and Savior. Whatever former "lords" or passions ruled their lives, the Lord has set them free and become their one and only true king (Galatians 4:8).
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