Isaiah 26:10

If the wicked are shown mercy, they do not learn about justice. ¹  Even in a land where right is rewarded, they act unjustly; ²  they do not see the Lord’s majesty revealed.

Ex 8:15,31,32; Ex 9:34; De 32:15; 1Sa 15:17; Ps 28:4,5; Ps 78:54-58; Ps 106:43; Ps 143:10; Pr 1:32; Ec 3:16; Isa 2:10; Isa 5:12; Isa 24:5; Isa 27:13; Isa 63:9,10; Jer 2:7; Jer 31:23; Eze 22:2-16; Ho 9:3; Ho 11:7; Ho 13:6; Mic 2:10; Mic 3:10-12; Mt 4:5; Joh 5:37,38; Ro 2:4,5; Re 2:21

¹ tn As in verse 9b, the translation understands צֶדֶק (tsedeq) in the sense of “justice,” but it is possible that it carries the nuance “righteousness,” in which case one might translate, “they do not learn to live in a righteous manner.”

² tn Heb “in a land of uprightness they act unjustly”; NRSV “they deal perversely.”