Isaiah 26:14 (LSB)

Passage

The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise; Therefore You have visited and destroyed them, And You have made all remembrance of them perish.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 26:12 Yahweh, You will establish peace for us, Since You have also performed for us all our works.

Isaiah 26:13 O Yahweh our God, other masters besides You have ruled us; But through You alone we bring Your name to remembrance.

Isaiah 26:14 The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise; Therefore You have visited and destroyed them, And You have made all remembrance of them perish.

Isaiah 26:15 You have increased the nation, O Yahweh; You have increased the nation, You are glorified; You have extended all the borders of the land.

Isaiah 26:16 O Yahweh, they visited You in distress; They could only whisper a prayer; Your chastening was upon them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "dead", "live", "departed", "spirits", "rise", "therefore", and "visited". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "dead", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "O Yahweh our God other masters besides..." into verse 15's "You have increased the nation O Yahweh...", so "Spirit" and "dead" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "Spirit" and "dead" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.