Isaiah 26:11

Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, but they do not notice. 1 But they will see your zeal for the people and be put to shame, because fire of your adversaries will devour them. 1

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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.

In Context

10Let favor be shown to the wicked one, but he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he acts wickedly 1 and does not see the majesty of Yahweh. 1

12Yahweh, you will bring about peace for us; for indeed, you have also accomplished all our works for us. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 9:14For this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself, on your servants and your people. I will do this so that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.

1 Samuel 6:9Then watch; if it goes up on the way to its own land to Beth Shemesh, then it is Yahweh who has executed this great disaster. But if not, then we will know that it is not his hand that afflicted us; instead, we will know that it happened to us by chance.”

Psalms 10:12Arise, Yahweh! Lift up your hand, God! 1 Do not forget the oppressed. 1

Psalms 28:5Because they do not understand the deeds of Yahweh or the work of his hands, 1 he will tear them down and never rebuild them. 1

Isaiah 5:24Therefore as the tongue of fire devours stubble, and as the dry grass goes down in flame, 1 so their root will rot, and their blossom will blow away like dust. 1 This will happen because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of hosts, and because they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. 1

Isaiah 11:13He will turn aside the envy of Ephraim, and hostilities of Judah will be cut off. 1 Ephraim will not envy Judah, and Judah will no longer be hostile to Ephraim. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 26:6-12

The Goodness and Justice of God. ( b. c. 718.) 5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. 6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord , have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.… Read the whole commentary →

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