Isaiah 26:11
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.
KJV
Domine, exaltetur manus tua, et non videant ; videant, et confundantur zelantes populi ; et ignis hostes tuos devoret.
Vulgate
Κύριε, ὑψηλός σου ὁ βραχίων καὶ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν, γνόντες δὲ αἰσχυνθήσονται· ζῆλος λήμψεται λαὸν ἀπαίδευτον, καὶ νῦν πῦρ τοὺς ὑπεναντίους ἔδεται.
LXX
Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall seethyzeal for the people, and be put to shame; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.
ASV
יְהוָ֛ה רָ֥מָה יָדְ/ךָ֖ בַּל יֶחֱזָי֑וּ/ן יֶחֱז֤וּ וְ/יֵבֹ֨שׁוּ֙ קִנְאַת עָ֔ם אַף אֵ֖שׁ צָרֶ֥י/ךָ תֹאכְלֵֽ/ם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 12.—Whether the Fire that Came Down Out of Heaven and Devoured Them Refers to the Last Punishment of the Wicked. The words, “And fire came down out of heaven and devoured them,” are not to be understood of the final punishment which shall be inflicted when it is said, “Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire;”13781378 Matt. xxv. 41. for then they shall be cast …
Cross-references
- Dan 3:27 — And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither wer
- Eccl 7:14 — In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
- Heb 10:27 — But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
- Heb 10:27 — But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
- Isa 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
- Isa 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.
- Isa 42:13 — The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
- Job 37:7 — He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
- John 12:40 — He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
- Mic 5:9 — Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
- Mic 5:9 — Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
- Mic 7:16 — The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
- Num 22:26 — And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
- Ps 6:10 — Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
- Ps 10:5 — His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
- Ps 21:9 — Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
- Zeph 3:19 — Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put