Isaiah 26:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָ֛ה רָ֥מָה יָדְךָ֖ בַּל־יֶחֱזָי֑וּן יֶחֱז֤וּ וְיֵבֹ֙שׁוּ֙ קִנְאַת־עָ֔ם אַף־אֵ֖שׁ צָרֶ֥יךָ תֹאכְלֵֽם׃

Transliteration

YHWH, rāmāh yādḵā bal-yeḥĕzāyûn; yeḥĕzû and yēbōšû qinʾat-ʿām, also ʾēš ṣāreḵā tōʾḵlēm.

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: divine name - 'YHWH'
*rāmāh*: qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - 'is lifted up'
*yādḵā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your hand'
*bal-yeḥĕzāyûn*: adverb of negation with qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural (archaic form) - 'they do not see'
*yeḥĕzû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will see'
*weyēbōšû*: conjunction with qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'and they will be ashamed'
*qinʾat-ʿām*: feminine singular construct with masculine singular noun - 'zeal for people'
*ʾap-ʾēš*: conjunction with feminine singular construct - 'yea, fire of'
*ṣāreḵā*: masculine plural participle with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your adversaries'
*tōʾḵlēm*: qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'it will devour them'

Word Meanings

*rāmāh*: lifted up/exalted/raised
*yeḥĕzû*: see/perceive/behold/observe
*yēbōšû*: be ashamed/be disappointed/be confounded
*qinʾat*: zeal/jealousy/ardor/passion
*ṣāreḵā*: adversaries/enemies/foes/opponents

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Referenced Verses

Isa 5:24 : 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.
Mic 5:9 : 9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
Mal 4:1 : 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.
Matt 25:41 : 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Luke 16:23 : 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Acts 28:27 : 27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
2 Thess 1:8 : 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Heb 10:27 : 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
1 Pet 3:16 : 16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
Rev 3:9 : 9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
Rev 19:20 : 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Isa 11:13 : 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.
Isa 18:3 : 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 44:9 : 9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
Isa 44:18 : 18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Isa 60:14 : 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.
Jer 5:3 : 3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Jer 44:28 : 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.
Exod 9:14 : 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 Sam 5:6-9 : 6 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. 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither. 9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. 10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. 11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
1 Sam 6:9 : 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 : 27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
Ps 10:12 : 12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
Ps 21:8 : 8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
Ps 86:17 : 17 Shew{H8798)} me a token for good; that they which hate{H8802)} me may see{H8799)} it, and be ashamed{H8799)}: because thou, LORD, hast holpen{H8804)} me, and comforted{H8765)} me.

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