Isaiah 26:11 “O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Y…”

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!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

O Lord, they will not beholde thine hie hande: but they shall see it, and bee confounded with the zeale of the people, and the fire of thine enemies shall deuoure them.

Darby Translation

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.

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.

Bible in Basic English

Lord, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see: let them see ... yes, your haters will be burned up in the fire.

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Cross references

“when”

Micah 5:9 Psalm 10:12

Micah 5:9 · BSB

Your hand will be lifted over your foes, and all your enemies will be cut off.

Psalm 10:12 · BSB

Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.

“will”

Isaiah 18:3 1 Samuel 6:9 Job 34:27 Jeremiah 5:3 Acts 28:27

Isaiah 18:3 · BSB

All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.

1 Samuel 6:9 · BSB

but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us…

Job 34:27 · BSB

because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.

Jeremiah 5:3 · BSB

O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

Acts 28:27 · BSB

For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I…

“they shall”

Exodus 9:14 1 Samuel 5:6–11 Jeremiah 44:28 Luke 16:23

Exodus 9:14 · BSB

Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

1 Samuel 5:6–11 · BSB

Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.

Jeremiah 44:28 · BSB

Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!

Luke 16:23 · BSB

In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

“be”

Isaiah 11:13 Isaiah 60:14 Psalm 86:17 1 Peter 3:16 Revelation 3:9

Isaiah 11:13 · BSB

Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.

Isaiah 60:14 · BSB

The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 86:17 · BSB

Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

1 Peter 3:16 · BSB

keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.

Revelation 3:9 · BSB

As for those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead, I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.

“fire”

Isaiah 5:24 Psalm 21:8 Malachi 4:1 Matthew 25:41 2 Thessalonians 1:8 Revelation 19:20

Isaiah 5:24 · BSB

Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Host…

Psalm 21:8 · BSB

Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.

Malachi 4:1 · BSB

“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…

Matthew 25:41 · BSB

Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

2 Thessalonians 1:8 · BSB

in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Revelation 19:20 · BSB

But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive…

Also

Hebrews 10:27 Isaiah 44:18 Isaiah 44:9

Hebrews 10:27 · BSB

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

Isaiah 44:18 · BSB

They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.

Isaiah 44:9 · BSB

All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

12O LORD, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.

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