Isaiah 26:10

“Let favour be showed to the wicked, &c.] As it often is in a providential way; they have the good things of this life, and sometimes more than heart could wish for; nor are they in trouble as other men; they have many mercies, and many deliverances; they have their portion here, and are filled with hidden treasure, and are spared when others are cut off; and, besides sparing mercy and providential goodness, sometimes enjoy the means of grace, have the word and ordinances: [yet] will ye not learn righteousness; neither repent of sin, nor reform from it; though “the goodness of God” should, yet it does not, “lead” him “to repentance”; he neither learns the righteousness of God, nor of Christ,…”

“uprightness--rather, as in Isa 26:7, "prosperity," answering to "favor" in the parallelism, and in antithesis to "judgments in the earth" (Isa 26:9); where prosperity attends the wicked as well as the just, "he will not learn righteousness," therefore judgments must be sent that he may "learn" it [MAURER].”

“Will not learn - This is the carriage of thy people; but the course of wicked men is directly contrary in all conditions: for if thou dost spare them, they will not accept of that gracious invitation to repentance. In the land - Even in God's church, and among his people, where righteousness is taught and practised. Will not behold - Tho' God gives such plain discoveries of his majesty and glory, not only in his word, but also in works, and especially in this glorious work of his patience and mercy to wicked men, yet they will not acknowledge it. Isaiah 26:11”

“26:10 God has shown kindness to the wicked. Although they deserve judgment (see also Rom 2:4; 2 Pet 3:9), he has been patient and forbearing and has blessed them. However, time will run out one day.”

“favour: Isa 63:9, Isa 63:10; Exo 8:15, Exo 8:31, Exo 8:32, Exo 9:34; Deu 32:15; Sa1 15:17; Psa 106:43; Pro 1:32; Ecc 3:16; Hos 13:6; Rom 2:4, Rom 2:5; Rev 2:21 in the: Isa 2:10, Isa 24:5, Isa 27:13; Psa 78:54-58, Psa 143:10; Jer 2:7, Jer 31:23; Eze 22:2-16; Hos 9:3; Mic 2:10, Mic 3:10-12; Mat 4:5 and will not: Isa 5:12; Psa 28:4, Psa 28:5; Hos 11:7; Joh 5:37, Joh 5:38 Isaiah 26:11”

“Here again the shiir has struck the note of a mâshâl. And proceeding in this tone, it pauses here once more to reflect as at the close of a strophe. "If favour is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness; in the most upright land he acts wickedly, and has no eye for the majesty of Jehovah." רשׁע יחן is a hypothetical clause, which is left to be indicated by the emphasis, like Neh 1:8 (Ewald, 357, b): granting that favour (chēn = "goodness," Rom 2:4) is constantly shown to the wicked man. "The most upright land:" 'eretz necochoth is a land in which everything is right, and all goes honourably. A worthless man, supposing he were in such a land, would still act knavishly; and…”