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14 The dead won’t live,
    and[a] the departed spirits won’t rise—
to that end, you punished and destroyed them,
    then locked away[b] all memory of them.

15 “But you have enlarged the nation,[c] Lord;
    you have enlarged the nation.[d]
You have gained honor;
    you have extended all the borders of the land.

16 Lord, they[e] came to you in distress;
    they poured out their secret[f] prayer
        when your chastenings were[g] afflicting[h] them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsaa corrector MT lack and
  2. Isaiah 26:14 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read wiped out
  3. Isaiah 26:15 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab
  4. Isaiah 26:15 So 1QIsaa; MTms lacks this line
  5. Isaiah 26:16 So 1QIsaa MT; MTmss LXXmss read we; LXX reads I remembered you
  6. Isaiah 26:16 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT read out a magical
  7. Isaiah 26:16 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read your chastening was
  8. Isaiah 26:16 Lit. upon