Isaiah 26:7-11
God guides the righteous, but the unrepentant ignore His hand.
7 The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.
8 Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
9 With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10 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.
11 Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people, and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.
God guides the righteous, but the unrepentant ignore his hand.
To contrast the righteous path shaped by God’s justice with the blindness of the wicked who refuse to learn righteousness.
Isaiah reflects on the moral condition of humanity, contrasting those who seek God with those who ignore His revealed works.
The Song of Judah: Trust in the Everlasting Rock, Resurrection Hope, and Hidden Refuge Until Judgment Passes
Isaiah 26 teaches God’s people to sing, trust, wait, and hope because the LORD is the everlasting Rock who establishes peace, brings down the proud, raises his dead, hides his people, and comes to judge the earth’s guilt.