Isaiah 26:19

“Thy dead [men] shall live, &c.] These are the words of Christ to his church and people, promising great and good things to them after their troubles are over, thereby comforting them under all their trials and disappointments; as that such things should come to pass, which would be as life from the dead; as the conversion of the Jews, and of great numbers of the Gentiles, dead in trespasses and sins; and a great reviving of the interest of religion, and of professors of it, grown cold, and dead, and lifeless; and a living again of the witnesses, which had been slain. And, moreover, this may refer to the first resurrection, upon the second coming of Christ, when the church’s dead, and…”

“In antithesis to Isa 26:14, "They (Israel's foes) shall not live"; "Thy (Jehovah's) dead men (the Jews) shall live," that is, primarily, be restored, spiritually (Isa 54:1-3), civilly and nationally (Isa 26:15); whereas Thy foes shall not; ultimately, and in the fullest scope of the prophecy, restored to life literally (Eze 37:1-14; Dan 12:2). together with my dead body--rather, "my dead body," or "bodies" (the Jewish nation personified, which had been spiritually and civilly dead; or the nation, as a parent, speaking of the bodies of her children individually, see on Isa 26:9, "I," "My"): Jehovah's "dead" and "my dead" are one and the same [HORSLEY]. However, as Jesus is the antitype to…”

“Thy - The prophet here turns his speech to God's people, and gives them a cordial in their distress. Thy dead men are not like those, Isa 26:14, for they shall not live; but thine shall live. You shall be delivered from all your fears and dangers. My dead body - As I myself, who am one of these dead men, shall live again; you shall be delivered together with me. Awake - Out of your sleep, even the sleep of death, you that are dead and buried in the dust. Thy dew - The favour and blessing of God upon thee. The dew - Which makes them grow and flourish. Isaiah 26:20”

“26:19 those who die . . . will live: There is hope for the remnant. Some hold the minimal interpretation that this means the people would be restored to the land after the Exile (see Ezek 37:11-12) or that the Lord would preserve Jerusalem (see Isa 29:4, 6-8). More likely it refers to the resurrection of the body from the grave (see 25:7-8). The Old Testament has little to say about the resurrection, but this text anticipates fuller development in the New Testament (see 1 Cor 15:12-58).”

“dead men: Isa 25:8; Eze 37:1-14; Hos 6:2, Hos 13:14; Joh 5:28, Joh 5:29; Act 24:15; Co1 15:22, Co1 15:23; Th1 4:14, Th1 4:15; Rev 20:5, Rev 20:6, Rev 20:12 my dead: Mat 27:52, Mat 27:58; Joh 11:25, Joh 11:26; Co1 15:20, Co1 15:23; Phi 3:10, Phi 3:21 Awake: Isa 51:17, Isa 52:1, Isa 52:2, Isa 60:1, Isa 60:2; Psa 22:15, Psa 71:20; Dan 12:2; Eph 5:14; Rev 11:8-11 thy dew: Gen 2:5, Gen 2:6; Deu 32:2, Deu 33:13, Deu 33:28; Job 29:19; Psa 110:3; Hos 14:5; Zac 8:12 the earth: Rev 20:13 Isaiah 26:20”

“But now all this had taken place. Instead of singing what has occurred, the tephillah places itself in the midst of the occurrence itself. "Thy dead will live, my corpses rise again. Awake and rejoice, ye that lie in the dust! For thy dew is dew of the lights, and the earth will bring shades to the day." The prophet speaks thus out of the heart of the church of the last times. In consequence of the long-continued sufferings and chastisements, it has been melted down to a very small remnant; and many of those whom it could once truly reckon as its own, are now lying as corpses in the dust of the grave. The church, filled with hope which will not be put to shame, now calls to itself, "Thy dead…”