Isaiah 26:11
Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
Isaiah 26:11 in other translations
| BSB | O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them! |
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| WEB | LORD, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries. |
| ASV | Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see thy zeal for the people, and be put to shame; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries. |
| YLT | O Jehovah, high is Thy hand--they see not, They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, Also, the fire--Thine adversaries, consumeth them. |
| DARBY | Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, but they do not see: yet they shall see thy jealousy for the people, and be ashamed; yea, the fire which is for thine adversaries shall devour them. |
| BBE | Lord, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see: let them see... yes, your haters will be burned up in the fire. |
| Webster | LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yes, the fire of thy enemies shall devour them. |
What does Isaiah 26:11 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 26:5-11
The way of the just is evenness, a steady course of obedience and holy conversation. And it is their happiness that God makes their way plain and easy. It is our duty, and will be our comfort, to wait for God, to keep up holy desires toward him in the darkest and most discouraging times. Our troubles must never turn us from God; and in the darkest, longest night of affliction, with our souls must we desire him; and…
Isaiah 26:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 26:11
- Hebrews 10:27
But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
- Micah 5:9
Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
- Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
- Malachi 4:1
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
- 1 Samuel 5:6-11
But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof. And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither. And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the Lord was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. …
- 1 Samuel 6:9
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth–shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.
- Job 34:27
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
- Psalms 10:12
Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
- Jeremiah 44:28
Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.
- Matthew 25:41
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
- Isaiah 44:18
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
- Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ps 10:12; Mic 5:9
will.
18:3; 1Sa 6:9; Job 34:27; Jer 5:3; Ac 28:27
they shall.
Ex 9:14; 1Sa 5:6-11; Jer 44:28; Lu 16:23
be.
11:13; 60:14; Ps 86:17; 1Pe 3:16; Re 3:9
at the. or, towards thy. fire.
5:24; Ps 21:8; Mal 4:1; Mt 25:41; 2Th 1:8; Re 19:20
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Context
- Isaiah 26:10
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
- Isaiah 26:11
Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
- Isaiah 26:12
Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
Isaiah 26:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Jehová, bien que se levante tu mano, no ven: verán al cabo, y se avergonzarán los que envidian á tu pueblo; y á tus enemigos fuego los consumirá. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ô Éternel, ta main est élevée, mais ils ne voient point; mais ils verront ta jalousie pour le peuple et seront honteux. Oui, le feu qui attend tes adversaires les dévorera. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jehova, deine Hand war hoch erhoben, sie wollten nicht schauen. Schauen werden sie den Eifer um das Volk und beschämt werden; ja, deine Widersacher, Feuer wird sie verzehren. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Domine, exaltetur manus tua, et non videant; videant, et confundantur zelantes populi; et ignis hostes tuos devoret. |