Discovery BoxIsaiah 26:14 
Context26:14 The dead do not come back to life,
the spirits of the dead do not rise. 1
That is because 2 you came in judgment 3 and destroyed them,
you wiped out all memory of them.
Isaiah 65:14
Context65:14 Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! 4
But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; 5
you will wail because your spirits will be crushed. 6
1 sn In light of what is said in verse 14b, the “dead” here may be the “masters” mentioned in verse 13.
2 tn The Hebrew term לָכֵן (lakhen) normally indicates a cause-effect relationship between what precedes and follows and is translated, “therefore.” Here, however, it infers the cause from the effect and brings out what is implicit in the previous statement. See BDB 487 s.v.
3 tn Heb “visited [for harm]” (cf. KJV, ASV); NAB, NRSV “you have punished.”
4 tn Heb “from the good of the heart.”
5 tn Heb “from the pain of the heart.”
6 tn Heb “from the breaking of the spirit.”
