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Isaiah 33:16

he shall dwell on high (lit. "inhabit heights"), i.e. in absolute security, as is said of Jehovah Himself in Isaiah 33:5. the munitions of rocks inexpugnable rock-fortresses.

breadshall be given The image of a siege is still kept up: the righteous inhabits a fortress that shall never be starved into surrender.

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See also Isaiah 33:16 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HE SHALL DWELL ON HIGH - See the margin. Heights, or high places, were usually places of safety, being, inaccessible to an enemy. The sense here is, that such a man as is described in Isaiah 33:15, sh...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 33 Sixth Woe Against the Assyrian and What Is to Follow 1. _The judgment announced (Isaiah 33:1)_ 2. _The prayer of the faithful remnant (Isaiah 33:2)_ 3. _The judgment executed (Isaiah 33:7)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 33. DENUNCIATION OF THE TREACHEROUS FOE. ZION'S EXTREMITY, YAHWEH'S OPPORTUNITY. If Isaiah's, the date is apparently 701, and the situation presupposed is Sennacherib's demand for unconditional...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 909 PROTECTION PROMISED TO THE GODLY Isaiah 33:16. _He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure._ WE ca...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HEAR, YE THAT ARE FAR OFF— This period is immediately connected with that preceding; wherein the divine judgment just mentioned is celebrated, and its severity defended against those hypocrites who mi...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    4. SERENITY TEXT: Isaiah 33:13-24 13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. HE SHALL DWELL ON HIGH - heights inaccessible to the foe (). BREA...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-12. The deliverance of Jerusalem from the Invader. 13-24. The Consequences of the Interposition of Jehovah for those that dwell in the City....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 33 A PRAYER FOR HELP V1 *Woe to our enemies! They ruined and cheated other people. Al...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    For people who live rightly, ‘bread and water’ will always be available. That is, God will provide their necessary food for each day. A HAPPY FUTURE FOR *JERUSALEM V17 You will see God the King in...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HE THAT WALKETH RIGHTEOUSLY... — The answer to the question shows that the words point not to endless punishments, but to the infinite holiness of God. The man who is true and just in all his dealings...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    ה֚וּא מְרֹומִ֣ים יִשְׁכֹּ֔ן מְצָדֹ֥ות סְלָעִ֖ים מִשְׂגַּבֹּ֑ו...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXI OUR GOD A CONSUMING FIRE 701 B.C. Isaiah 33:1 WE have seen how the sense of forgiveness and the exultant confidence, which fill chapter 33, were brought about within a few months after...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE REWARD OF THE RIGHTEOUS Isaiah 33:13-24 The devouring fire and everlasting burnings of Isaiah 33:14 are clearly the emblems of the divine presence. The righteous dwell in God as the bush which w...

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

    This chapter celebrates a great victory, and is prophetic of the method of the final triumph. In the first thirteen verses we have the prophet's appeal, in which there are two movements. In the first...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    He shall dwell on (t) high: his place of defence [shall be] the strong holds of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters [shall be] sure. (t) Meaning, that God will be a sure defence to all them t...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Sure. Never failing. (Calmet) --- This was a great advantage in those dry regions. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    W hat a string of rich promises are here, like so many pearls for the believer's neck! What is it to walk righteously, but to walk in Christ, and with Christ? Colossians 2:6. And what is it to despise...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    16._He shall dwell in high places. _That the Jews may know that the chastisements which God had inflicted on them were righteous, and may endeavor to be restored to his favor, he says that his blessin...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 AND 34. Chapter s 33, 34 announce the last two great acts of judgment. At the moment when God establishes Himself in Zion, and fills it with righteousness,...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HE SHALL DWELL ON HIGH,.... And so in safety: this is opposed to the fears of hypocrites, the grovelling life of a worldling, and the low life of many professors, and is expressive of the security of...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _He shall dwell on high: his place of defence [shall be] the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters [shall be] sure._ Ver. 16. _He shall dwell on high._] _Extra iactum,_ out of the...

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

    _He that walketh righteously_ He who, being first made righteous by the justification of his person, and the renovation of his nature, (see on Genesis 15:6, and Psalms 32:1,) afterward practises right...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    he shall dwell on high, in places inaccessible to the foe, HIS PLACE OF DEFENSE SHALL BE THE MUNITIONS OF ROCKS, the fastnesses of the mountains, where he dwells under the protection of Jehovah; BREAD...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE SINNERS ALARMED, THE PIOUS COMFORTED...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HIGH: _ Heb._ heights, or high places...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-24 The true believer watches against all occasions of sin. The Divine power will keep him safe, and his faith in that power will keep him easy. He shall want nothing needful for him. Every blessin...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HE SHALL DWELL ON HIGH; out of the reach of danger. BREAD SHALL BE GIVEN HIM, HIS WATERS SHALL BE SURE; God will furnish him with all necessaries....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 33:16 dwell H7931 (H8799) high H4791 defense H4869 fortress H4679 rocks H5553 Bread H3899 given H5414 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD IS SO HOLY, WHO CAN KNOW HIM? (ISAIAH 33:13). What Yahweh has done in defeating Assyria and delivering Jerusalem leads on to His depiction of His holiness and power. He is above all and will brin...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 33 THE SIXTH WOE AGAINST THOSE WHO DESPOIL OTHERS AND WHO ARE TREACHEROUS. The sixth woe seems in context to be directed against Assyria for some treacherous act. We can compare and contrast h...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The distress of Judah and Jerusalem because of coming woes. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The righteous God pays sinners in their own coin. When they have filled up the measure of their ini...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 33:1. _Woe to thee,_ thou spoiler, who hast not been spoiled; _AND THOU PLUNDERER, WHO HAST NOT BEEN PLUNDERED._ When thou hast ceased to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; When thou art weary of...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He that walketh righteously_ THE CITIZENS OF GOD’S KINGDOM I. THE CHARACTER of the true citizens of God’s kingdom is expressed in general terms. “Walketh righteously”; “speaketh uprightly.” II. Th...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He shall dwell on high_ THE LIFE OF SURRENDER AND TRUST I. A LIFE OF EXALTATION. “Shall dwell on high.” Those who are kept safe, are kept rejoicing, and that constantly; it is not an intermittent ex...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 33:16 To DWELL ON THE HEIGHTS is to be near God (v. Isaiah 33:5)....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE SERVANT OF GOD Isaiah 33:16. _He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; bread shall be given him, his water shall be sure_. This is part of...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    A BLESSED LIFE Isaiah 33:15. _He that walketh righteously, &c._ This is a gleam of bright sunshine after a heavy storm. It describes a truly happy, holy life, such as we may all attain, and may all...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    SECTION X. A PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA (Isaiah 33:1.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 33:1 THE JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now chapter 33 begins with a warning to the Assyrians. Woe unto thee that spoilest, and you have not been spoiled; you that deal treacherously, you've not been dealt treacherously with! (Isaiah 33:1)...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Habakkuk 3:19; Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 32:18; Luke 12:29; Proverbs 1:33

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    On high — Out of the reach of danger. His waters — God will furnish him with all necessaries....

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