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Isaiah 5:16

But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment. God shall be "exalted" in man's view, because of His manifestation of His "justice" in punishing the guilty.

And God, that is holy, shall be sanctified in righteousness - shall be reverenced and worshipped as holy, by reason of His 'righteous' dealings.

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See also Isaiah 5:16 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THE MEAN MAN ... THE MIGHTY MAN - The expressions here mean that “all” ranks would be subdued and punished; see the note at Isaiah 2:9. THE EYES OF THE LOFTY ... - see Isaiah 2:11, note;...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    A SERIES OF DENUNCIATIONS ON VARIOUS OFFENDERS. This section contains a collection of Woes, originally independent and even now not woven into a single symmetrical address. Whether they come from diff...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SHALL BE SANCTIFIED. — Men had not recognised the holiness of Jehovah, and therefore He must manifest that holiness (in that sense “be sanctified”) in acts of righteous severity. The “Holy One of Isra...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּגְבַּ֛ה יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֹ֖ות בַּ † מִּשְׁפָּ֑ט...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER III THE VINEYARD OF THE LORD, OR TRUE PATRIOTISM THE CONSCIENCE OF OUR COUNTRY'S SINS 735 B.C. Isaiah 5:1; Isaiah 9:8 - Isaiah 10:4 THE prophecy contained in these Chapter s belongs, as we...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A DISAPPOINTING HARVEST Isaiah 5:1-17 In a picture of great beauty, Isaiah describes a vineyard situated on one of the sunny heights visible from Jerusalem. Every care which an experienced vine-dress...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    With the thought of judgment, and the necessity for it still in mind, the prophet utters his great denunciation. This falls into three parts. The first is a song of accusation. By the simple and famil...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Justice. All will be taught to adore him. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here is a sweet break to the sad account, which, like some herbage to the traveler over a desert, comes in to our relief in these verses. Jesus will be exalted in the hearts of his redeemed, in the wo...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    GOD THAT IS HOLY: Or, the holy God, _Heb._ The God the holy...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 5:16 LORD H3068 hosts H6635 exalted H1361 (H8799) judgment H4941 God H410 holy H6918 hallowed H6942 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 5:1 ISRAEL REBUKED BY THE PARABLE OF A VINEYARD. This chapter stands in a certain sense alone, neither closely connected with what precedes nor with what follows, excepting that it...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Exalted — By the execution of this just judgment. Sanctified — Shall appear to be an holy God, by his righteous judgments....

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