Isa 26:14 | NET2full | STEP | The dead do not come back to life , the spirits of the dead do not rise . That is because you came in judgment and destroyed them, you wiped out all memory of them.

Isaiah 26:14

14 The dead do not come back to life,
the spirits of the dead do not rise. ^{▼▼sn In light of what is said in verse 14b, the “dead” here may be the “masters” mentioned in verse 13.}
That is because ^{▼▼tn The Hebrew term לָכֵן (lakhen) normally indicates a cause-effect relationship between what precedes and follows and is translated, “therefore.” Here, however, it infers the cause from the effect and brings out what is implicit in the previous statement. See BDB 487 s.v.} you came in judgment ^{▼▼tn Heb “visited [for harm]” (cf. KJV, ASV); NAB, NRSV “you have punished.”} and destroyed them,
you wiped out all memory of them.