Isaiah 33:5

American Standard Version (1901)

Jehovah is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נִשְׂגָּב יְהוָה כִּי שֹׁכֵן מָרוֹם מִלֵּא צִיּוֹן מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה

Transliteration

Niśgāb YHWH for šōkēn mārôm millēʾ ṣiyyôn mišpāṭ û-ṣədāqâ

Grammar Details

• *Niśgāb*: Niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he is exalted
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD
• *šōkēn*: Qal participle, masculine singular - dwelling/inhabiting
• *mārôm*: noun, masculine singular - height/high place
• *millēʾ*: Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has filled
• *ṣiyyôn*: proper noun - Zion
• *mišpāṭ*: noun, masculine singular - justice/judgment
• *û-ṣədāqâ*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and righteousness

Word Meanings

• *Niśgāb*: he is exalted/he is lofty/he is high
• *šōkēn*: dwelling/inhabiting/residing
• *mārôm*: height/high place/on high
• *millēʾ*: he has filled/he has made full
• *mišpāṭ*: justice/judgment/ordinance
• *ṣədāqâ*: righteousness/rightness/justice

Referenced Verses

• Isa 2:17 : 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Isa 4:2-4 : 2 In that day shall the branch of Jehovah be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. 3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem; 4 when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.
• Isa 12:4 : 4 And in that day shall ye say, Give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name, declare his doings among the peoples, make mention that his name is exalted.
• Isa 28:6 : 6 and a spirit of justice to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that turn back the battle at the gate.
• Isa 32:1 : 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.
• Isa 32:15-18 : 15 until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest. 16 Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field. 17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence for ever. 18 And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.
• Isa 33:10 : 10 Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; now will I lift up myself; now will I be exalted.
• Isa 37:20 : 20 Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Jehovah, even thou only.
• Isa 52:1 : 1 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
• Isa 54:11-14 : 11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. 12 And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones. 13 And all thy children shall be taught of Jehovah; and great shall be the peace of thy children. 14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near thee.
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
• Isa 60:21 : 21 Thy people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
• Isa 61:3 : 3 to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
• Isa 61:11-62:1 : 11 For as the earth bringeth forth its bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. 1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth.
• Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus saith Jehovah, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what place shall be my rest?
• Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
• Rom 3:26 : 26 for the showing, [I say], of his righteousness at this present season: that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him that hath faith in Jesus.
• Rom 11:26 : 26 and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
• Eph 1:20-21 : 20 which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly [places] , 21 far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
• Rev 19:2-6 : 2 for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot, her that corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And a second time they say, Hallelujah. And her smoke goeth up for ever and ever. 4 And the four and twenty elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped God that sitteth on the throne, saying, Amen; Hallelujah. 5 And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, Give praise to our God, all ye his servants, ye that fear him, the small and the great. 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunders, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigneth.
• Exod 9:16-17 : 16 but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
• Exod 15:1 : 1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and spake, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
• Exod 15:6 : 6 Thy right hand, O Jehovah, is glorious in power, Thy right hand, O Jehovah, dasheth in pieces the enemy.
• Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.
• 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before Jehovah his God. 21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
• Job 40:9-9 : 9 Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him? 10 Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty. 11 Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand. 13 Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place] . 14 Then will I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee.
• Ps 21:11-13 : 11 For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform. 12 For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face. 13 Be thou exalted, O Jehovah, in thy strength: So will we sing and praise thy power.
• Ps 46:9-9 : 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariots in the fire. 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
• Ps 97:8-9 : 8 Zion heard and was glad, And the daughters of Judah rejoiced, Because of thy judgments, O Jehovah. 9 For thou, Jehovah, art most high above all the earth: Thou art exalted far above all gods.
• Ps 113:5-6 : 5 Who is like unto Jehovah our God, That hath his seat on high, 6 That humbleth himself to behold [The things that are] in heaven and in the earth?
• Ps 115:1-2 : 1 Not unto us, O Jehovah, not unto us, But unto thy name give glory, For thy lovingkindness, and for thy truth's sake. 2 Wherefore should the nations say, Where is now their God?
• Ps 118:16 : 16 The right hand of Jehovah is exalted: The right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly.
• Ps 123:1 : 1 [A Song of Ascents]. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens.
• Isa 1:26-27 : 26 and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness, a faithful town. 27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.
• Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.