Isaiah 26:11

⁹ With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

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.

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.

¹² LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.

¹³ O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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!
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.
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.
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.
BLB: O YHWH, Your hand is lifted high; they do not see [it]. Let them see the zeal for the people and be ashamed; yes, the fire of Your enemies will devour them.

ÅB: Herre! Høyt oppløftet var din hånd, men de så det ikke; de fikk se din nidkjærhet for folket og ble til skamme; ja, ild fortærte dine fiender.
OTB: Herre, din hånd er løftet høyt, men de ser det ikke. La dem se din iver for ditt folk og bli gjort til skamme; ja, la ilden som er reservert for dine fiender fortære dem.
B1930: Herre! Høit opløftet var din hånd, men de så det ikke; de fikk se din nidkjærhet for folket og blev til skamme; ja, ild fortærte dine fiender.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Hebrews 10:27
But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
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Micah 5:9
Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Job 34:27
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
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Psalms 10:12
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
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