Isaiah 26:19
Isaiah 26 :19
But your dead will live, LORD; their bodies will rise—let those 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.
— NIV
Context
A prophetic promise of bodily resurrection.
Isaiah 26:19
The resurrection of the dead—an early prophetic affirmation of life beyond death.
Resurrection Hope
This verse, along with Daniel 12:2, provides an Old Testament foundation for belief in bodily resurrection. The imagery of dew bringing life to the dead anticipates the fuller development of resurrection theology in later Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.