“The dead shall not live.The departed spirits shall not rise.Therefore you have visited and destroyed them,and caused all memory of them to perish.”
Isaiah 26:14 (WEB)
Context Reading
12Yahweh, you will ordain peace for us,for you have also done all our work for us. 13Yahweh our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us,but we will only acknowledge your name. 14The dead shall not live.The departed spirits shall not rise.Therefore you have visited and destroyed them,and caused all memory of them to perish. 15You have increased the nation, O Yahweh.You have increased the nation!You are glorified!You have enlarged all the borders of the land. 16Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you.They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.