- Isaiah encouraged himself: "O Lord our (Israel's) God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us (e.g. the Philistines and Babylonians)...They are dead, they shall not live (again); they are deceased, they shall not rise...all their memory to perish". (Is. 26: .13,14). Note the triple emphasis here on their not being resurrected: "Shall not live (again)...shall not rise...all their memory to perish". By contrast, Israel had the prospect of resurrection on account of their knowledge of the true God: "Thy (Israel's) dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise" (Is. 26:19).
Isaya mwenyewe alijipa moyo: "Ee BWANA, Mungu wetu wa (Israeli), mabwana wengine zaidi ya wewe wametumiliki (Yaani, Wafilisti na Wakaldayo) …..Wao wamekufa, hawataishi (tena); Wamekwisha kufariki hawatafufuka; ……… na kuupoteza ukumbusho wao umepotea" (Isa. 26: 13,14). Ona mkazo mara tatu hapa juu ya kutofufuliwa kwao: Hawataishi (tena) …… hawatafufuka na kupoteza ukumbushop wao" kwa utofauti, Israeli alikuwa na "Wafu wako (Israeli) wataishi, miili yao itafufuka (B.H.N)" (Isa. 26:19).