Isaiah 26 is a song of praise to God because in God believers are safe in "a strong city; God makes salvation his walls and ramparts." "You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast , because he trusts in you." Isaiah goes on to talk about how "my soul yearns for you in the night," and he believes in God's righteous judgement. Then Isaiah does on to affirm life after death in God which is rare in the old testament. He says: "Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead." Then Isaiah concludes the chapter encouraging the faithful to wait for God's judgement to pass "until his wrath has passed by".
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