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Isaiah 33:11-21

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11 1You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble; your breath is 2a fire that will consume you.
12 And the peoples will be as if burned to lime, 3like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire."
13 Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and you who are near, acknowledge my might.
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: 4"Who among us can dwell 5with the consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?"
15 6He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed 7and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
16 he will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; 8his bread will be given him; his water will be sure.
17 9Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty; 10they will see a land that stretches afar.
18 11Your heart will muse on the terror: "Where is he who counted, where is 12he who weighed the tribute? Where is 13he who counted the towers?"
19 14You will see no more the insolent people, the people 15of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend, stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand.
20 Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts! 16Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an untroubled habitation, an 17immovable tent, whose stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
21 But there the LORD in majesty will be for us a place of 18broad rivers and streams, 19where no galley with oars can go, nor majestic ship can pass.
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Isaiah 33:11-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 33

This chapter contains an account of God's judgments upon the enemies of his people, and of the peaceable, comfortable, and happy state of the church in the latter day. The judgment denounced, Isa 33:1 a prayer of the church for safety and protection, which it promises itself from what God had heretofore done, Isa 33:2,3 an answer to it, declaring the spoil of the enemy, and the happy times the people of God should enjoy through his appearance for them, Isa 33:4-6 though previous thereunto there would be very distressing ones, Isa 33:7-9 when the Lord resolves to arise and exert his power in the destruction of the people, who should be burnt up like stubble, thorns, and lime, Isa 33:10-12 persons far and near are called upon to take notice of this, Isa 33:13 which would issue in a different manner, in the surprise and terror of hypocrites, and in the safety and plenty of provisions for good men, who are described, Isa 33:14-16 and then follow promises to them, of seeing the King in his beauty, and beholding a distant country of reflecting on past terror with pleasure, being freed from it, and in no danger of a foreign enemy, Isa 33:17-19 and the chapter is concluded with a famous prophecy of the peace, prosperity, and safety of the church, and of the healthfulness of its inhabitants, under the protection of Christ, its King and Lawgiver, its enemies being also an easy prey to it, Isa 33:20-24.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 19

  • 1. [Isaiah 59:4; Psalms 7:14]
  • 2. Isaiah 10:16, 17; [Psalms 80:16]
  • 3. [See ver. 11 above]
  • 4. [Psalms 15:1; Psalms 24:3]
  • 5. Isaiah 66:15; Hebrews 12:29
  • 6. [Psalms 15:2; Psalms 24:4]
  • 7. Psalms 119:37
  • 8. Isaiah 30:23, 25
  • 9. Isaiah 6:5; [Zechariah 9:9]
  • 10. [Isaiah 54:2, 3]
  • 11. [Psalms 37:10]
  • 12. [2 Kings 18:14]
  • 13. [Psalms 48:12]
  • 14. [2 Kings 19:32, 33]
  • 15. Isaiah 28:11; Deuteronomy 28:49, 50
  • 16. Isaiah 32:18
  • 17. ver. 6
  • 18. Psalms 46:4, 5
  • 19. [Isaiah 2:16; Psalms 48:7]
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