Isaiah 26:20

Indignation. That is, of God against His enemies. God’s final “indignation” takes the form of what is known as the seven last plagues (Rev. 14:10; 15:1; cf. Isa. 34:2; Nahum 1:6). At the time of the slaying of the first-born in Egypt, God’s people were to remain within their homes (Ex. 12:22, 23). During the seven last plagues God invites His people to make Him their hiding place, that He may be to them a “refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble” (Ps. 46:1). Thus protected, His people need not fear though “the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea” (Ps. 46:2; cf. Ps. 25:5; 91:1-10). God’s anger lasts but “for a moment” (Isa. 54:8; cf. Ps. 30:5). The work of judgment is, for the Lord, a “strange work” (Isa. 28:21). But the hour of divine indignation against the wicked is also the hour of deliverance and triumph for the people of God.