After two days He will revive us; On the third day He will raise us up, That we may live in His sight.
Parallel translations
- WEB After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.
- KJV After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
- BSB After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
- NASB “He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him.
- NLT In just a short time he will restore us, so that we may live in his presence.
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Quick answer
After two days God will revive His people and on the third day raise them up to live before Him.
Overview
Using the pattern of "two days... third day," the people express hope in swift restoration and resurrection of national life. Christians have long seen here a foreshadowing of Christ's resurrection on the third day, by which true and lasting life before God is secured. Whether or not the original speakers grasped this, the verse's language of being raised to live before God finds its deepest fulfillment in the risen Lord.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- 2 Kgs 20:5“Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, ‘Yahweh, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you will go up to Yahweh’s house.
- 1 Cor 15:4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
- Isa 26:19Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.
- Ezek 37:11–13Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
- Hos 13:14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.
- Ps 30:4–5Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name.
- John 14:19Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.
- Gen 17:18Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”
- Rom 14:8For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
- Ps 61:7He shall be enthroned in God’s presence forever. Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
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