Isaiah 26:11

Isaiah 26:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Lord, your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame; let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Lord, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see. But they will see and be ashamed For their envy of people; Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.
• New Living Translation (NLT)O Lord, they pay no attention to your upraised fist. Show them your eagerness to defend your people. Then they will be ashamed. Let your fire consume your enemies.

Context of Isaiah 26:11

9My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. 10If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly and does not see the majesty of the Lord. O Lord, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed. Let the fire for your adversaries consume them. 12O Lord, you will ordain peace for us, for you have indeed done for us all our works. 13O Lord our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone we bring to remembrance.

Isaiah 26:11 word by word

יְהוָ֛ה רָ֥מָה יָדְךָ֖ בַּל־יֶחֱזָי֑וּן יֶחֱז֤וּ וְיֵבֹ֙שׁוּ֙ קִנְאַת־עָ֔ם אַף־אֵ֖שׁ צָרֶ֥יךָ תֹאכְלֵֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• is lifted upרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• they will not seeחָזָהchâzâh · to seeH2372
• and be ashamedבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• envyקִנְאָהqin'âh · jealousyH7068
• at the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• yea, the fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• of thine enemiesצַרtsar tsâr · enemyH6862
• shall devourאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398

Cross-references for Isaiah 26:11

• Psalms 10:12Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted.
• Micah 5:9Your hand shall be lifted up over your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off.
• Isaiah 18:3All you inhabitants of the world, you who dwell on the earth, when a signal is raised on the mountains, look! When a trumpet is blown, hear!
• 1 Samuel 6:9and watch. If it goes up on the way to its own land, to Beth-shemesh, then it is he who has done us this great harm, but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it happened to us by coincidence."
• Job 34:27because they turned aside from following him and had no regard for any of his ways,
• Jeremiah 5:3O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You have struck them down, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent.
• Acts 28:27For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.'
• Exodus 9:14For this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself, and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth.
• 1 Samuel 5:6The hand of the Lord was heavy against the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory.
• Jeremiah 44:28And those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who came to the land of Egypt to live, shall know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.
• Luke 16:23and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.
• Isaiah 11:13The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
• Isaiah 60:14The sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending low to you, and all who despised you shall bow down at your feet; they shall call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
• Psalms 86:17Show me a sign of your favor, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.
• 1 Peter 3:16having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.
• Revelation 3:9Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you.

Commentaries on Isaiah 26:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Lord, when thy hand is lifted up - This is an explanation of the sentiment expressed in the former verse. The lifting up of the hand here refers, doubtless, to the manifestations of the majesty and goodness of the Lord. They will not see - They are blind to all the exhibitions of power, mercy, and goodness. But they shall see - They shall yet be brought to recognize thy hand. They shall see thy favor toward thy children, and thy judgment on thy foes. The…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-11Verses 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 this we must wait and pray…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11A raised fist shows anger and a threat of judgment (see also Isaiah 19:16). Fire was often an image for God’s judgment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. lifted up--to punish the foes of God's people. They who will not see shall be made to "see" to their cost (Is 5:12). their envy at the people--that is, "Thy people." Lowth translates, "They shall see with confusion Thy zeal for Thy people." fire of ... enemies--that is, the fire to which Thine enemies are doomed (Is 9:18).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 26:11

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Blindness
• Envy
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Delivery
• Indignation
• Judgment
• Enemy
• Envy
• Intercession
• Isaiah
• Salvation

Commentaries on Isaiah 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings