Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 26:11

"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." — Isaiah 26:11 (ASV)

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.

You know what our Lord Jesus said concerning the rich man: In hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

He would not look at Lazarus while he was lying at his gates, but now he is obliged to look at Lazarus lying in Abraham's bosom. He would not relieve him, nor give him even a crumb from his table, but now he begs that Lazarus may be sent, to dip the tip of his finger in water, to cool his parched tongue.

They will not see now; no, but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy towards the people of the Lord.

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.

There are some people who will not see; and, as the old proverb has it, there are none so blind as those that will not see. But they will one day be made to see, if not to their salvation, then to their everlasting shame and confusion. They shall be made to see that, after all, there is a God, and that He is strong to punish the ungodly and to overthrow His adversaries.

I pray that no one of you may refuse to see by the light of the gospel until he is forced to see by the blaze of the judgment-day; yet, alas! there will be such.