In this verse, ‘ashamed’ means more than to feel shame. It means to make people think more deeply. The *Lord wants to attract wicked people’s attention. He wants them to realise that there is something special about God’s people (see Deuteronomy 4:5-9). If wicked people still refuse to obey God, then God’s judgement will follow.
LORD, 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 go...
CHAPTER 26 JUDAH'S GLORY SONG 1. _Praise for Jehovah's faithfulness and mercies (Isaiah 26:1)_ 2. _The experiences of waiting during the night (Isaiah 26:7)_ 3. The assurance of peace and deliverance...
MEMORIES AND ANTICIPATIONS. The poem, which is a very elaborate composition, seems to have been written in confident expectation of deliverance, though the actual situation is still one of distress. J...
THE FIRE, &C. or, fire shall devour Thine adversaries (Revised Version)...
To the eye of faith the lifting up of Jehovah's hand has been manifest in the recent history of Israel, but, as in Isaiah's time, there are some who "regard not the work of Jehovah nor see the operati...
LET FAVOUR BE SHEWED, &C.— This passage corresponds with the former in such a manner as to illustrate it. The chorus had shewn the necessity of the divine judgments, and the disposition of the righteo...
2. JUSTICE'S OBJECTIVE TEXT: Isaiah 26:7-15 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just. 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we wa...
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. LORD, (WHEN) THY HAND IS LIF...
26:11 people, (g-20) Or 'they shall see, and be ashamed for [their] jealousy of the people.'...
1. SALVATION, etc.] the assurance of divine protection takes the place of material bulwarks....
_But_ THEY SHALL SEE, etc.] RV 'but they' (the adversaries) 'shall see _thy_ zeal for the people' (Israel: cp. Isaiah 63:15.) 'and be ashamed; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.'...
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 lift...
יְהוָ֛ה רָ֥מָה יָדְךָ֖ בַּל ־יֶחֱזָי֑וּן יֶחֱז֤וּ...
CHAPTER XXIX GOD'S POOR DATE UNCERTAIN Isaiah 25:1; Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 27:1 WE have seen that no more than the faintest gleam of historical reflection brightens the obscurity of chapter 24, and th...
BOOK 5 PROPHECIES NOT RELATING TO ISAIAH'S TIME In the first thirty-nine Chapter s of the Book of Isaiah-the half which refers to the prophet's own career and the politics contemporary with that - w...
CHASTENED BY SUFFERING Isaiah 26:11-21 When God ordains our peace, a world in arms cannot disturb us. Our peace results from the conviction that God is going before us and preparing our works. But b...
Naturally following this prophecy of praise for the activity of Jehovah is the great song which will be sung in the day of Jehovah's ultimate victory. It is praise for the establishment of the city, a...
LORD, [when] thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: [but] they shall see, and be ashamed for [their] (k) envy at the people; yea, the fire of thy (l) enemies shall devour them. (k) Through envy an...
CHAPTER XXVI. _ Not see. Let them perish, or live to witness the glory of the Jews._...
How strikingly is the conduct of wicked and unregenerate men here marked! If the Lord's hand be lifted up in judgments; though they see the judgments; yet as the Lord's judgments they see them not. An...
11._O Jehovah, though thy hand is lifted up. _This is an explanation of the former statement; for he brings forward nothing that is new, but shews more clearly what he had formerly stated in a few wor...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 25 AND 26. Chapter s 25 and 26 take the form of a song, in which the effect of God's intervention is celebrated. Let us observe its principal subjects. God is...
LORD, [WHEN] THY HAND IS LIFTED UP, THEY WILL NOT SEE,.... Or, "thy high hand they will not see" y; when it is exalted, and become glorious in power, in punishing wicked men; though the punishment is...
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. Ver. 11. _Lord, when thy...
_Let favour be showed to the wicked_ If thou dost spare them, when thou chastisest thy own people, and grantest them health, prosperity, and other blessings; yet _will they not learn righteousness_ Th...
Concluding Scenes from the World's History...
Lord, when Thy hand is lifted up, to punish the foes of His people, THEY WILL NOT SEE, they deliberately close their eyes against the manifestation of His majesty; BUT THEY SHALL SEE AND BE ASHAMED FO...
AT THE PEOPLE: Or, towards thy people...
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, t...
WHEN THY HAND IS LIFTED UP, THEY WILL NOT SEE; and they are guilty of the same obstinate blindness when thou dost smite and punish them, which is commonly signified by lifting up the hand, as EZEKIEL...
Isaiah 26:11 LORD H3068 hand H3027 up H7311 (H8804) see H2372 (H8799) see H2372 (H8799) ashamed...
WHAT YAHWEH HAS DONE FOR HIS PEOPLE AND THE END OF THEIR ENEMIES (ISAIAH 26:11). As in Isaiah 25:1; Isaiah 26:8 is a prayer as Isaiah has turned his face upwards towards God. And he now delights in Ya...
THE WAY OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND JUDGMENTS ON THE UNRIGHTEOUS (ISAIAH 26:7). Isaiah 26:7 ‘The way of the righteous is uprightness (altogether right), You (singular) who are upright weigh up the path of...
THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS (ISAIAH 26:5) The ways of the righteous and of the unrighteous are now compared, and their destinies contrasted. For the unrighteous the grave with its shadowy half-...
Isaiah 26:1. _In that day_ Or, rather, as we may read it now, «In this day» Isaiah 26:1. Shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and...
Isaiah 26:1. _In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah;_ God would have his people to be a singing people. They often sigh; they should oftener sing. God makes their songs, and appoin...
Isaiah 26:1. _In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks._ God is the great source of song; he «giveth songs in...
CONTENTS: Worship and testimony of restored and converted Israel in the Kingdom age. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: God's people Israel, banished and driven out by the iniquity of the former times wil...
Isaiah 26:1. When Sennacherib's army was slain, the Hebrews could sing, We _have a strong city;_ yea, a city stronger than Jerusalem. God is our refuge, a very present help in time of trouble. We are...
_Lord, when Thy hand is lifted up they will not see_ MAN’S BLINDNESS TO THE DIVINE WORKING Modern scepticism seeks to undeify the Deity; and yet, feeling that man must have a god of some sort, it de...
_Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness_ INSENSIBILITY OF THE WICKED God has written, and spread before mankind, three large books, all of which are legible and inte...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 26:10 This cry for vindication is the focus of ch. Isaiah 26:1. ⇐
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 26:1 A SONG OF THE REDEEMED IN MOUNT ZION. The prophet, having (in Isaiah 25:1.) poured forth his own thankfulness to God for the promise of t
Shall we turn to Isaiah chapter 26 as we begin our study this evening. Now Isaiah 26:1-21 goes right along with Isaiah 25:1-12 because it declares, In that day (Isaiah 26:1) In what day? In the day...
1 Peter 3:16; 1 Samuel 5:6; 1 Samuel 6:9; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Acts
Will not see — And they are guilty of the same obstinate blindness when thou dost smite and punish them, which is commonly signified by lifting up the hand. They shall see — They shall know that by sa...