Verse Lens · Context pointer
Isaiah 26:9 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 9. 9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
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Role in This Section
The universalizing poetic vision states or reports “With my soul have I desired thee in the night” at Isaiah 26:9 as a specific part of “Judah's Song Trusts the Everlasting Rock for Justice.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 26:1–11
The line at Isaiah 26:9 is one step in Isaiah 26:1–11. The universalizing poetic vision states or reports “With my soul have I desired thee in the night” at Isaiah 26:9 as a specific part of “Judah's Song Trusts the Everlasting Rock for Justice.” Its force depends on the unit's ancient referent and what follows.
Why It Needs Context
Keep the line with Isaiah 26:1–11. The universalizing poetic vision states or reports “With my soul have I desired thee in the night” at Isaiah 26:9 as a specific part of “Judah's Song Trusts the Everlasting Rock for Justice.” The literary form and this limit govern it: Judah's Song Trusts the Everlasting Rock for Justice does not authorize date-setting, conspiracy mapping, speculative geography, triumphal violence, or certainty that current headlines exhaust the imagery.
Continue in Context
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Read Isaiah 26:1–11 — Judah's Song Trusts the Everlasting Rock for JusticeSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 26:1–11, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 26:1–11 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
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