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Although others do right, the wicked keep doing wrong and take no notice of the LORD’s majesty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/26.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly and does not see the majesty of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/26.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/26.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Let favour be shewed to the wicked, <i>yet</i> will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/26.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Let grace be shown to the wicked, <i>Yet</i> he will not learn righteousness; In the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly, And will not behold the majesty of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><i>Though</i> the wicked person is shown compassion, He does not learn righteousness; He deals unjustly in the land of uprightness, And does not perceive the majesty of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/26.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Though the wicked is shown favor, He does not learn righteousness; He deals unjustly in the land of uprightness, And does not perceive the majesty of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br /><i>Though</i> the wicked is shown favor, He does not learn righteousness; He deals unjustly in the land of uprightness, And does not perceive the majesty of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br /><i>Though</i> the wicked is shown favor, He does not learn righteousness; He deals unjustly in the land of uprightness, And does not perceive the majesty of Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br /><i>Though</i> the wicked is shown compassion <i>and</i> favor, He does not learn righteousness; In the land of uprightness he deals unjustly, And refuses to see the majesty of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if the wicked man is shown favor, he does not learn righteousness. In a righteous land he acts unjustly and does not see the majesty of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if the wicked man is shown favor, he does not learn righteousness. In a righteous land he acts unjustly and does not see the majesty of the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/26.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Even when the wicked are treated with mercy in this land of justice, they do wrong and are blind to your glory, our LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Although the wicked are shown pity, they do not learn to do what is right. They do what is wrong in the upright land and do not see the majesty of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/26.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Even though you are kind to the wicked, they never learn to do what is right. Even here in a land of righteous people they still do wrong; they refuse to recognize your greatness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/26.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />If favor is shown to the wicked, they don't learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they act perversely and do not perceive the majesty of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/26.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If the wicked are shown mercy, they do not learn about justice. Even in a land where right is rewarded, they act unjustly; they do not see the LORD's majesty revealed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see the LORD's majesty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see Yahweh’s majesty. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The wicked finds favor, "" He has not learned righteousness, "" He deals perversely in a land of straightforwardness, "" And does not see the excellence of YHWH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The wicked findeth favour, He hath not learned righteousness, In a land of straightforwardness he dealeth perversely, And seeth not the excellency of Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Shall the unjust be shown favor? He learnt not justice; in the land of justice he will act perversely, and he will not see the majesty of Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Let us have pity on the wicked, but he will not learn justice: in the land of the saints he hath done wicked things, and he shall not see the glory of the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Let us take pity on the impious one, but he will not learn justice. In the land of the holy ones, he has done iniquity, and so he will not see the glory of the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/26.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The wicked, when spared, do not learn justice; in an upright land they act perversely, and do not see the majesty of the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If favor is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness they deal perversely and do not see the majesty of the LORD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The wicked has gone far off that he may not learn righteousness; chastisement in the land brings correction; the wicked shall not behold the majesty of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/26.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The evil one has gone far away lest he would learn righteousness. Reproof in the Earth is a rebuke, and they shall not see the magnificence of LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/26.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Let favour be shown to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; In the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, And will not behold the majesty of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/26.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For the ungodly one is put down: no one who will not learn righteousness on the earth, shall be able to do the truth: let the ungodly be taken away, that he see not the glory of the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/26-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=5256" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/26.htm">A Song of Trust in God's Provision</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2603.htm" title="2603: yu·ḥan (V-Hofal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore.">Though grace is shown</a> <a href="/hebrew/7563.htm" title="7563: rā·šā‘ (Adj-ms) -- Wicked, criminal. From rasha'; morally wrong; concretely, an bad person.">to the wicked man,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1077.htm" title="1077: bal- (Adv) -- Not. From balah; properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually not at all; also lest.">he does not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3925.htm" title="3925: lā·maḏ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to goad, i.e. to teach:(un-) accustomed, X diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er,ing).">learn</a> <a href="/hebrew/6664.htm" title="6664: ṣe·ḏeq (N-ms) -- Rightness, righteousness. From tsadaq; the right; also equity or prosperity.">righteousness.</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’e·reṣ (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">In the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/5229.htm" title="5229: nə·ḵō·ḥō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Straightforwardness, integrity, a truth. Feminine of nakoach; properly, straightforwardness, i.e. integrity, or a truth.">of righteousness</a> <a href="/hebrew/5765.htm" title="5765: yə·‘aw·wêl (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- To act wrongfully. A primitive root; to distort.">he acts unjustly</a> <a href="/hebrew/1077.htm" title="1077: ū·ḇal- (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Not. From balah; properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually not at all; also lest.">and fails</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: yir·’eh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">to see</a> <a href="/hebrew/1348.htm" title="1348: gê·’ūṯ (N-fsc) -- Majesty. From ga'ah; the same as ga'avah.">the majesty</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>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!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4-5</a></span><br />Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? / But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-3.htm">Psalm 73:3-12</a></span><br />For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. / They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed. / They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:11</a></span><br />When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a></span><br />The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-20.htm">Matthew 11:20-24</a></span><br />Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. / “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm">Proverbs 1:24-31</a></span><br />Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, / because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction, / in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/16-31.htm">Luke 16:31</a></span><br />Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Amos 4:6-11</a></span><br />“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19-20</a></span><br />And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. / Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-11</a></span><br />Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/3-7.htm">Ezekiel 3:7</a></span><br />But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-10.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:10-12</a></span><br />and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, / in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/10-4.htm">Psalm 10:4-6</a></span><br />In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God. / He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes. / He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20-21</a></span><br />Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. / Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">favour</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/63-9.htm">Isaiah 63:9,10</a></b></br> In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/8-15.htm">Exodus 8:15,31,32</a></b></br> But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/9-34.htm">Exodus 9:34</a></b></br> And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.</p><p class="hdg">in the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/2-10.htm">Isaiah 2:10</a></b></br> Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/24-5.htm">Isaiah 24:5</a></b></br> The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/27-13.htm">Isaiah 27:13</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass in that day, <i>that</i> the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.</p><p class="hdg">and will not</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/5-12.htm">Isaiah 5:12</a></b></br> And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/28-4.htm">Psalm 28:4,5</a></b></br> Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/11-7.htm">Hosea 11:7</a></b></br> And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt <i>him</i>.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/24-16.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-2.htm">Deals</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-6.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-20.htm">Evil-Doer</a> <a href="/songs/8-10.htm">Favor</a> <a href="/songs/8-10.htm">Favour</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-3.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-30.htm">Grace</a> <a href="/songs/5-9.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-9.htm">Learn</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-14.htm">Majesty</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Perceive</a> <a href="/psalms/119-78.htm">Perversely</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-9.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-19.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-24.htm">Shewn</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-2.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/psalms/82-2.htm">Unjustly</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-7.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-7.htm">Uprightness</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-20.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Wrongdoing</a> <a href="/psalms/119-86.htm">Wrongfully</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/29-14.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Deals</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-20.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm">Evil-Doer</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-11.htm">Favor</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-11.htm">Favour</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-15.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-2.htm">Grace</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-18.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-24.htm">Learn</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-30.htm">Majesty</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-19.htm">Perceive</a> <a href="/daniel/9-5.htm">Perversely</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-17.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-2.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-4.htm">Shewn</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-4.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-11.htm">Unjustly</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-16.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-2.htm">Uprightness</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-7.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">Wrongdoing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-29.htm">Wrongfully</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 26</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/26-1.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This is seen throughout Scripture, such as in <a href="/matthew/5-45.htm">Matthew 5:45</a>, where God causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good. Theologically, this demonstrates God's patience and desire for all to come to repentance (<a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a>). Historically, Israel experienced periods of grace despite their rebellion, reflecting God's enduring mercy.<p><b>he does not learn righteousness</b><br>Despite receiving grace, the wicked man remains unrepentant and fails to embrace righteousness. This reflects the hardness of heart seen in Pharaoh during the Exodus (Exodus 7-11). It underscores the biblical theme that external blessings do not necessarily lead to internal transformation without a responsive heart. This is a call to self-examination for believers, as seen in <a href="/james/1-22.htm">James 1:22-25</a>, to not merely hear the word but to act on it.<p><b>In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly</b><br>This phrase suggests that even in a context where righteousness is prevalent, the wicked choose to act contrary to it. This can be seen in the history of Israel, where despite being given the Law and the prophets, many acted unjustly (<a href="/jeremiah/7-25.htm">Jeremiah 7:25-26</a>). It also serves as a warning to the church, as seen in the letters to the churches in <a href="/revelation/2.htm">Revelation 2-3</a>, where some congregations were rebuked for tolerating sin.<p><b>and fails to see the majesty of the LORD</b><br>The inability to perceive God's majesty is a spiritual blindness that affects the wicked. This is echoed in <a href="/romans/1-20.htm">Romans 1:20-21</a>, where people fail to honor God despite the evidence of His creation. The majesty of the LORD is a recurring theme in Isaiah, pointing to His sovereignty and holiness (<a href="/isaiah/6.htm">Isaiah 6:1-5</a>). This blindness is ultimately a rejection of God's revelation, which is fully manifested in Jesus Christ, the image of the invisible God (<a href="/colossians/1-15.htm">Colossians 1:15</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book that bears his name. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah and spoke of both judgment and hope.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>This term refers to those who live in opposition to God's laws and righteousness. In this context, it highlights those who fail to respond to God's grace.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uprightness.htm">The Land of Uprightness</a></b><br>Symbolically represents a place or state where God's laws and righteousness are known and practiced. It contrasts with the behavior of the wicked.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_majesty_of_the_lord.htm">The Majesty of the LORD</a></b><br>Refers to God's supreme authority, holiness, and glory, which the wicked fail to acknowledge or respect.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_grace.htm">The Nature of Grace</a></b><br>God's grace is extended even to the wicked, demonstrating His love and desire for all to come to repentance. However, grace requires a response.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_hardness_of_heart.htm">The Hardness of Heart</a></b><br>The wicked's failure to learn righteousness despite grace shows the danger of a hardened heart. We must remain open to God's correction and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_the_land_of_uprightness.htm">Living in the Land of Uprightness</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to live righteously and reflect God's character, even when surrounded by those who do not.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/acknowledging_god's_majesty.htm">Acknowledging God's Majesty</a></b><br>Recognizing and respecting God's majesty is crucial for a life of faith. It involves worship, obedience, and reverence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_ignoring_grace.htm">The Consequences of Ignoring Grace</a></b><br>Ignoring God's grace leads to continued sin and separation from God. We must be vigilant in our walk with Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_26.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 26</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_colors_symbolize_in_the_bible.htm">What do colors symbolize in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_theopathy_mean.htm">What are notable paradoxes found in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'god_of_jeshurun'_mean.htm">What does 'God of Jeshurun' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_old_testament_theology.htm">What defines Old Testament Theology?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">Let favour be shewed to the wicked . . .</span>--The thought of <a href="/isaiah/26-9.htm" title="With my soul have I desired you in the night; yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you early: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.">Isaiah 26:9</a> is presented under another aspect. The judgments of God manifested against evil are the only discipline by which the doers of evil can be taught; without the, under a system of mere tolerance and favour, they remain as they are. In the very "land of uprightness" (<a href="/psalms/143-10.htm" title="Teach me to do your will; for you are my God: your spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.">Psalm 143:10</a>) they will still work unrighteousness. "The mind is its own place," and can make a hell of heaven itself. The eyes that see "the majesty of the Lord" are those of the pure in heart (<a href="/matthew/5-8.htm" title="Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.">Matthew 5:8</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/26.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Let favor be showed to the wicked.</span> This is a further explanation of the reason why the righteous had so earnestly desired the coming of God's judgments upon the earth. They had felt that further mercy and long-suffering wine thrown away upon the wicked, and "only did them harm" (Kay). When "favor was showed them," they did but persist in unrighteousness. <span class="cmt_word">In the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly.</span> Even good example does not convert the wicked man. Though he live in a "land of righteousness," where God and his Law are acknowledged, where true religion is professed, where the gospel is preached, he will continue wicked, he will "deal unjustly;" <span class="cmt_word">he will not behold</span> - or, <span class="accented">consider - <span class="cmt_word"></span>the majesty of the Lord</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/26-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Though grace is shown</span><br /><span class="heb">יֻחַ֤ן</span> <span class="translit">(yu·ḥan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2603.htm">Strong's 2603: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bend, stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, to implore</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the wicked man,</span><br /><span class="heb">רָשָׁע֙</span> <span class="translit">(rā·šā‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7563.htm">Strong's 7563: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wrong, an, bad person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he does not</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּל־</span> <span class="translit">(bal-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1077.htm">Strong's 1077: </a> </span><span class="str2">A failure, nothing, not at all, lest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">learn</span><br /><span class="heb">לָמַ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(lā·maḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3925.htm">Strong's 3925: </a> </span><span class="str2">To exercise in, learn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">righteousness.</span><br /><span class="heb">צֶ֔דֶק</span> <span class="translit">(ṣe·ḏeq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6664.htm">Strong's 6664: </a> </span><span class="str2">The right, equity, prosperity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">In the land</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאֶ֥רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of righteousness</span><br /><span class="heb">נְכֹח֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(nə·ḵō·ḥō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5229.htm">Strong's 5229: </a> </span><span class="str2">Straightforwardness, integrity, a truth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he acts unjustly</span><br /><span class="heb">יְעַוֵּ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yə·‘aw·wêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5765.htm">Strong's 5765: </a> </span><span class="str2">To act wrongfully</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and fails</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַל־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇal-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1077.htm">Strong's 1077: </a> </span><span class="str2">A failure, nothing, not at all, lest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to see</span><br /><span class="heb">יִרְאֶ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(yir·’eh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the majesty</span><br /><span class="heb">גֵּא֥וּת</span> <span class="translit">(gê·’ūṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1348.htm">Strong's 1348: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arrogance, majesty, ornament</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/26-10.htm">Isaiah 26:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/26-10.htm">Isaiah 26:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/26-10.htm">Isaiah 26:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/26-10.htm">Isaiah 26:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/26-10.htm">Isaiah 26:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/26-10.htm">Isaiah 26:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/26-10.htm">Isaiah 26:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/26-10.htm">Isaiah 26:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/26-10.htm">Isaiah 26:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/26-10.htm">Isaiah 26:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/26-10.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 26:10 Let favor be shown to the wicked (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/26-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 26:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 26:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/26-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 26:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 26:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>