Isaiah 33:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He shall dwell on high:c his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. ”

Isaiah 33:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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:...
Isaiah 33:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
Isaiah 33:16 - 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 unconditio...
Isaiah 33:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 hi...
Isaiah 33:16 - 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....
Isaiah 33:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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.
Isaiah 33:16 - 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...
Isaiah 33:16 - 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 ( Is...
Isaiah 33:16 - 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.
Isaiah 33:16 - 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 deali...
Isaiah 33:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXI OUR GOD A CONSUMING FIRE 701 B.C. Isaiah 33:1-24 WE have seen how the sense of forgiveness and the exultant confidence, which fill chapter 33, were brought about within a few mont...
Isaiah 33:16 - 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...
Isaiah 33:16 - 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...
Isaiah 33:16 - 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 desp...
Isaiah 33:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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...
Isaiah 33:16 - 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 th...
Isaiah 33:16 - 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 32:1-2 ,) afterward practise...
Isaiah 33:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Forebodings of Hypocrites; Encouragement to God's People. B. C. 710. 13 Hear, ye...
Isaiah 33:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy 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.
Isaiah 33:16 - 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 contra...
Isaiah 33:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

A BLESSED LIFE Isaiah 33:15-17 . 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, an...
Isaiah 33:16 - 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 wea...
Isaiah 33:16 - 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...
Isaiah 33:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

SECTION X. A PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA ( Isaiah 33:1-23 .). EXPOSITION Isaiah 33:1-23 THE JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA AND DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM , STATED GENE...
Isaiah 33:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sinners Alarmed, the Pious Comforted
Isaiah 33:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Habakkuk 3:19 ; Isaiah 26:1-5 ; Isaiah 32:18 ; Luke 12:29-31 ; Proverbs 1:33 ; Proverbs 18:10 ; Psalms 107:41 ; Psalms 111:5 ; Psalms 15:1 ; Psalms 18:33 ; Psalms 33:18 ; Psalms 34:10 ;...
Isaiah 33:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

Isaiah 33:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 33:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 33:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 33:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 33:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Isaiah 33:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 33:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 33:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 33:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 33:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 33:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 33:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 33:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 33:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 33:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 33:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 33:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 33:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 33:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 33:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 33:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 33:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 33:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 33:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 33:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 33:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 33:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes