Isaiah 33:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. ”

• Isaiah 33:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Thine eyes - The eyes of the righteous, described in Isaiah 33:15 . Shall see the king in his beauty - Some understand this of the Assyrian king. Thus Kimchi understands it, and supposes it...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Thy eyes shall (u) see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the (x) land that is very far off. (u) They will see Hezekiah delivered from his enemies and restored to honour and glory. (x) They...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - 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...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the king. See Isaiah 33:22 . far off . far stretching.

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• Isaiah 33:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  17. The king in his beauty. Although the Prophet changes the person, yet this verse must be connected with the preceding verse; for he addresses the sincere worshippers of God, to whom he pr...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.

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• Isaiah 33:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Thine eyes shall see the king, &c.— By the king to be seen in his beauty, Vitringa understands God himself, the king of the Jews, shewing himself with the brightest demonstrations of his ma...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. Thine eyes - the saints' eyes. Shall see the king in his beauty - not as now, Hezekiah in sac...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - 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.

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• Isaiah 33:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty... — Torn from their context, the words have been not unfitly used to describe the beatific vision of the saints of God in the far-off land of heaven. So...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - 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...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - 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...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - 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...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - 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...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty ,.... Not merely Hezekiah in his royal robes, and with a cheerful countenance, having put off his sackcloth and his sadness, upon the breaking up of the s...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. Ver. 17. Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty. ] Hezekiah in his pristine state and lustre; yea...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty Hezekiah, in a more prosperous condition than formerly. Having put off his sackcloth, and all the sadness of his countenance, he shall appear publicly in...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Forebodings of Hypocrites; Encouragement to God's People. B. C. 710.       13 Hear, ye...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Shall see the king; first Hezekiah, and then Christ, as before. In his beauty; triumphing over all enemies, and ruling his own people with righteousness; in which two things the beauty and glory...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - 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...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - 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...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Isaiah 33:17 These words plainly promise to every follower of Christ, if he shall persevere unto the end, that in the resurrection he shall see the Lord Jesus Christ in His beauty, and in the glor...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - 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...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - 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 intermitten...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - 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...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Sinners Alarmed, the Pious Comforted

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• Isaiah 33:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 3:2 ; 2 Chronicles 32:23 ; 2 Corinthians 4:18 ; Hebrews 11:13-15 ; Isaiah 32:1 ; Isaiah 32:2 ; Isaiah 37:1 ; John 1:14 ; John 14:21 ; John 17:24 ; Matthew 17:2 ; Psalms 31:8 ; Psa...

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• Isaiah 33:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The king — First Hezekiah, and then Christ, triumphing over all enemies, and ruling his own people with righteousness. Very far — Thou shalt not be shut up in Jerusalem, but shalt have free liberty...

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