Isaiah 26:11 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!

◄ Isaiah 26:11 ►

New International Version
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 Living Translation
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.

English Standard Version
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.

Berean Standard Bible
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!

King James Bible
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 King James Version
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 American Standard Bible
LORD, Your hand is lifted up, yet they do not see it. They see Your zeal for the people and are put to shame; Indeed, fire will devour Your enemies.

NASB 1995
O LORD, Your hand is lifted up yet they do not see it. They see Your zeal for the people and are put to shame; Indeed, fire will devour Your enemies.

NASB 1977
O LORD, Thy hand is lifted up yet they do not see it. They see Thy zeal for the people and are put to shame; Indeed, fire will devour Thine enemies.

Legacy Standard Bible
O Yahweh, Your hand is raised up high, yet they do not behold it. They behold Your zeal for the people and are put to shame; Indeed, fire will devour Your adversaries.

Amplified Bible
Though Your hand is lifted up [to strike], O LORD, the wicked do not see it. Let them see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame; Indeed, let the fire reserved for Your enemies consume them.

Christian Standard Bible
LORD, your hand is lifted up to take action, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame. Let fire consume your adversaries.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
LORD, Your hand is lifted up to take action, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people, and they will be put to shame. The fire for Your adversaries will consume them!

American Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
Your hand is raised and ready to punish them, but they don't see it. Put them to shame! Show how much you care for us and throw them into the fire intended for your enemies.

English Revised Version
LORD, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see thy zeal for the people, and be ashamed; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
O LORD, your power is visible, but they do not see it. They will see how devoted your people are, and they will be put to shame. Your burning anger will destroy your enemies.

Good News Translation
Your enemies do not know that you will punish them. LORD, put them to shame and let them suffer; let them suffer the punishment you have prepared. Show them how much you love your people.

International Standard Version
"LORD, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. And let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame— yes, let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them!

Majority Standard Bible
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!

NET Bible
O LORD, you are ready to act, but they don't even notice. They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind, yes, fire will consume your enemies.

New Heart English Bible
LORD, your hand is lifted up, yet they do not see; they see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
Yahweh, 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.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
O YHWH, Your hand [is] high—they do not see, "" They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, "" Also, the fire consumes Your adversaries.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

Smith's Literal Translation
O Jehovah, high thy hand, they will not see: they shall see and be ashamed for their jealousy of the people; also the fire of thine enemies shall consume them.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
Lord, let thy hand be exalted, and let them not see: let the envious people see, and be confounded: and let fire devour thy enemies.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Lord, let your hand be exalted, and let them not see it. May the envious people see and be confounded. And may fire devour your enemies.

New American Bible
LORD, your hand is raised high, but they do not perceive it; Let them be put to shame when they see your zeal for your people: let the fire prepared for your enemies consume them.

New Revised Standard Version
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.

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
O LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see; but they shall see and be ashamed for the zeal of the people; yea, let the fire of the oven devour thine enemies.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
LORD JEHOVAH, the raising of your hands they shall not see. They shall see and they will be ashamed of the envy of the people, and like a furnace you shall consume your enemies

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
LORD, Thy hand was lifted up, yet they see not; They shall see with shame Thy zeal for the people; Yea, fire shall devour Thine adversaries.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
O Lord, thine arm is exalted, yet they knew it not: but when they know they shall be ashamed: jealously shall seize upon an untaught nation, and now fire shall devour the adversaries.

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Audio Bible

Context

A Song of Trust in God's Provision
…10Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD. 11O 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! 12O LORD, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.…

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Cross References

Psalm 21:8-9
Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You. / You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.

Psalm 18:14
He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

Psalm 2:5
Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:

Psalm 10:4
In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.

Psalm 68:1-2
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A song. God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence. / As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.

Psalm 92:7
that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

Psalm 37:20
But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.

Psalm 50:22
Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

Proverbs 1:24-31
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, / because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction, / in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, ...

Malachi 4:1
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”

Romans 1:18-21
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness. / For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. / For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. ...

2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels / in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

Hebrews 10:27
but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.

Revelation 6:15-17
Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. / And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. / For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

Revelation 19:15
And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

Treasury of Scripture

LORD, when your 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 your enemies shall devour them.

when

Psalm 10:12
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

Micah 5:9
Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

will

Isaiah 18:3
All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.

1 Samuel 6:9
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, 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:

they shall

Exodus 9:14
For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.

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…

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.

Isaiah 11:13
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

Isaiah 60:14
The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 86:17
Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.

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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.

Psalm 21:8
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

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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Isaiah 26

1. Trust in God's Provision

Berean Study Bible

O LORD
The invocation of "O LORD" in this verse is a direct address to Yahweh, the covenantal name of God in the Hebrew Bible. This name signifies God's eternal presence and His unchanging nature. In the context of Isaiah, it reflects the prophet's deep reliance on God's sovereignty and justice. The use of "LORD" in all caps in English translations indicates the original Hebrew name YHWH, which is considered sacred and is a reminder of God's covenant with Israel.

Your hand is lifted up
The phrase "Your hand is lifted up" symbolizes God's power and readiness to act. In ancient Near Eastern culture, the lifting of a hand was a gesture of authority and impending action. This imagery suggests that God is prepared to intervene in the affairs of humanity, particularly in judgment or deliverance. Theologically, it reassures believers of God's active involvement in the world, even when His actions are not immediately visible.

but they do not see it
This phrase highlights the spiritual blindness of those who fail to recognize God's work and authority. In the prophetic literature, seeing is often equated with understanding and acknowledging God's presence and actions. The failure to see God's hand is indicative of a hardened heart and a refusal to acknowledge divine sovereignty. This serves as a warning to remain vigilant and spiritually perceptive.

Let them see Your zeal for Your people
Here, "zeal" refers to God's passionate commitment to His covenant people, Israel. The Hebrew word for zeal, "qin'ah," conveys a sense of fervent devotion and protective jealousy. This phrase is a plea for God to reveal His intense love and dedication to His people, which would serve as a testament to His faithfulness and provoke awe and repentance in those who oppose Him.

and be put to shame
The concept of being "put to shame" in the biblical context often involves a public acknowledgment of wrongdoing and a humbling before God. It is a call for the enemies of God to recognize their error and the futility of opposing His will. This phrase underscores the ultimate triumph of God's justice and the vindication of His people.

let the fire reserved for Your enemies consume them
Fire is a common biblical metaphor for judgment and purification. In this context, it represents the divine retribution that awaits those who oppose God and His people. The imagery of fire consuming the enemies underscores the completeness and inevitability of God's judgment. It serves as both a warning to the wicked and a reassurance to the faithful that God will ultimately uphold justice.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(11) They will not see . . .--Better, they did not see, or, they see not, so as to bring out the contrast with the clause that follows. When the "arm of Jehovah," the symbol of His power, was simply lifted up for the protection of His people, the evildoers closed their eyes and would not see it. A time will come when judgments shall fall on them, and so they shall be made to see.

Shall be ashamed for their envy at the people.--Better, they shall see (and be ashamed) the jealousy (of God) for the people. They shall understand something of God's watchful and zealous care for those whom He loves. It shall be seen that it is as a consuming "fire" (Psalm 79:5) that shall devour His adversaries.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 11. - When thy hand is lifted up, they will not see. The original is more graphic. It runs, "Lord, thy hand is lifted up, [but] they see not. They shall see to their shame thy jealousy for thy people; yea, fire shall devour thy adversaries" God's jealousy "burns like fire" (Psalm 79:9; Zephaniah 1:18) in the cause of his people.

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

O LORD,
יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

Your hand
יָדְךָ֖ (yā·ḏə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

is upraised,
רָ֥מָה (rā·māh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise

but they do not
בַּל־ (bal-)
Adverb
Strong's 1077: A failure, nothing, not at all, lest

see it.
יֶחֱזָי֑וּן (ye·ḥĕ·zā·yūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 2372: To gaze at, to perceive, contemplate, to have a, vision of

They will see
יֶחֱז֤וּ (ye·ḥĕ·zū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2372: To gaze at, to perceive, contemplate, to have a, vision of

Your zeal
קִנְאַת־ (qin·’aṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7068: Ardor, zeal, jealousy

for Your people,
עָ֔ם (‘ām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

and be put to shame.
וְיֵבֹ֙שׁוּ֙ (wə·yê·ḇō·šū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed

The fire set
אֵ֖שׁ (’êš)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 784: A fire

for Your enemies
צָרֶ֥יךָ (ṣā·re·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent

will consume them!
תֹאכְלֵֽם׃ (ṯō·ḵə·lêm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 398: To eat

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