Isaiah 33:5

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The Lorde is exalted, for it is he that dwelleth on hye, he hath fylled Sion with iudgement and rygteousnesse.

📖 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 pride of man shalbe brought downe, and the loftinesse of men shalbe made lowe, and the Lorde alone shalbe exalted in that day:
• Isa 4:2-4 : 2 In that day shall the budde of the Lorde be beautifull and glorious, and the fruite of the earth shalbe excellent and pleasaunt, for them that are escaped of Israel. 3 Then shall the remnaunt in Sion and the remnaunt at Hierusalem be called holy: namely all such as are written among the lyuyng in Hierusalem, 4 After that the Lorde hath washt away the filthinesse of the daughters of Sion, and hath purged the blood out from Hierusalem in the spirite of iudgement and in the spirite of fire.
• Isa 12:4 : 4 And then shall ye say: Geue thankes vnto the Lorde, call vpon his name, declare his workes among the people, kepe them in remembraunce, for his name is excellent.
• Isa 28:6 : 6 He wylbe also a spirite of perfect knowledge to him that sitteth in iudgement, and strength vnto them that turne away the battayle to the gate of the enemies.
• Isa 32:1 : 1 Beholde, a kyng shall gouerne after the rule of righteousnesse, and the princes shall rule according to the ballaunce of equitie.
• Isa 32:15-18 : 15 Unto the tyme that the spirite be powred vpon vs from aboue, and that the wildernesse be a fruitfull fielde, and the plenteous fielde be reckened for a wood. 16 Then shall equitie dwell in the desert, and righteousnesse in a fruitfull lande. 17 And the worke of righteousnesse shalbe peace, and her fruite rest and quietnesse for euer. 18 And my people shall dwell in the innes of peace, and in sure dwellynges, in safe places of comfort.
• Isa 33:10 : 10 And therfore saith the Lorde, I wyll vp nowe, nowe wyll I be aduaunced, nowe wyll I be exalted.
• Isa 37:20 : 20 Nowe therfore deliuer vs O Lord our God from the handes of Sennacherib, that all the kyngdomes of the earth may knowe that thou only art the Lorde.
• Isa 52:1 : 1 Vp Sion, vp, take thy strength vnto thee, put on thyne honest rayment O Hierusalem, thou holy citie: for from this tyme foorth there shall no vncircumcised nor vncleane person come in thee.
• Isa 54:11-14 : 11 Beholde, thou poore, vexed, & dispised, I wyll make thy walles of precious stones, & thy foundation of Saphires, 12 Thy windowes of Christal, thy gates of fine cleare stone, and all thy borders of pleasaunt stones. 13 Thy children shalbe all taught of God, and I wyll geue thee plenteousnesse of peace. 14 In ryghteousnesse shalt thou be grounded, & be farre from oppression: for the which thou needest not be afrayde, neither for hinderaunce, for it shall not come nye thee.
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the hye and excellent, euen he that dwelleth in euerlastingnesse, whose name is the holy one: I dwell hye aboue and in the sanctuarie, and with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirite do I dwell, that I may heale a troubled minde, and a contrite heart.
• Isa 60:21 : 21 Thy people shalbe all righteous and possesse the lande euer, the floure of my planting, the worke of my hands wherof I wyll reioyce.
• Isa 61:3 : 3 That I might geue vnto them that mourne in Sion, that I might geue I say beautie in steede of asshes, ioyfull oyntment for sighing, pleasaunt rayment for an heauie minde, that they might be called trees of righteousnesse, a planting of the Lorde for hym to reioyce in.
• Isa 61:11-62:1 : 11 For like as the ground bringeth foorth her fruite, and as the garden shooteth foorth seede: so shall the Lorde God cause righteousnesse and prayse to floorishe foorth before all the heathen. 1 For Sions sake wyll I not holde my tongue, and for Hierusalems sake I wyll not ceasse, vntill their righteousnesse breake foorth as the shining light, and their saluation as a burning lampe.
• Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus saith the Lorde: Heauen is my seate, and the earth is my footstoole: Where shall nowe the house stande that ye wyll builde vnto me? And where shalbe the place that I wyll dwell in?
• Dan 4:37 : 37 Now therfore I Nabuchodonozor prayse, and extol, & magnifie the king of heauen, whose workes are all trueth, & his wayes iudgement, and those that walke in pryde he is able to abase.
• Rom 3:26 : 26 Which God dyd suffer, to shew at this tyme his righteousnes, that he might be iuste, & the iustifier of hym which beleueth on Iesus.
• Rom 11:26 : 26 And so all Israel shalbe saued, as it is written: There shall come out of Sion he that doth delyuer, and shall turne away vngodlynesse from Iacob.
• Eph 1:20-21 : 20 Which he wrought in Christe when he raysed hym from the dead, and set him on his ryght hande in heauenly places 21 Farre aboue all rule, and power, and myght, and dominion, and euery name that is named, not in this worlde only, but also in the worlde to come.
• Rev 19:2-6 : 2 For true and ryghteous are his iudgementes, for he hath iudged the great whore which dyd corrupt ye earth with her fornication, and hath auenged the blood of his seruauntes of her hande. 3 And agayne they sayde Alleluia: and her smoke rose vp for euermore. 4 And the xxiiij. elders & the foure beastes fell downe, & worshipped God that sate on the throne, saying Amen, Alleluia. 5 And a voyce came out of the throne, saying: Praise our Lord God all ye that are his seruauntes, & ye that feare hym both small and great. 6 And I hearde the voyce of much people, euen as the voyce of many waters, and as the voyce of strong thundringes, saying, Alleluia: for the Lorde our God omnipotent raigneth.
• Exod 9:16-17 : 16 And in very deede for this cause haue I kept thee, for to shewe thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the worlde. 17 Yet exaltest thou thy selfe agaynst my people, that thou wylt not let them go?
• Exod 15:1 : 1 Then Moyses & the children of Israel sange this sounge vnto the Lorde, and sayde on this maner: I wil sing vnto the Lorde, for he hath triumphed gloriouslie, the horse and hym that rode vpon hym hath he ouerthrowen in the sea.
• Exod 15:6 : 6 Thy ryght hande Lorde is become glorious in power, thy ryght hande Lorde hath all to dasshed the enemie.
• Exod 18:11 : 11 Nowe I knowe that the Lorde is greater then all gods: for in the thyng whereby they dealt cruelly with them, were they destroyed them selues.
• 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 And of this maner did Hezekia throughout all Iuda: & wrought it that is good, and right and true before the Lorde his God. 21 And in al the workes that he began, for seruice of the house of God, for the lawe, & for the commaundementes, he sought his God: and that did he with all his heart, and prospered.
• Job 40:9-9 : 9 Is thy power then lyke the power of God? maketh thy voyce a sounde as his doth? 10 Decke thy selfe now with excellencie and maiestie, and araye thy selfe with beautie and glory: 11 Cast abrode the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him: 12 Loke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe, & destroy the wicked in their place: 13 Hide them in the dust together, and couer their faces in secrete: 14 Then wyll I confesse vnto thee also, that thyne owne right hande shall saue thee.
• Ps 21:11-13 : 11 For they intended mischiefe agaynst thee, and imagined a craftie deuice: but they coulde not bring it to passe. 12 Therfore thou wilt put them to flight: and direct thine arrowes agaynst their faces. 13 Be thou exalted O God accordyng to thine owne might: so we wyll sing, and with psalmes we wyll prayse thy power.
• Ps 46:9-9 : 9 He maketh warres to ceasse in all the worlde: he breaketh the bowe, & knappeth the speare in sunder, and burneth the charettes in the fire. 10 Be styll then, and knowe that I am the Lorde: I wyll be exalted among the heathen, I wyll be exalted in the earth.
• Ps 97:8-9 : 8 Sion hearde of it, and reioyced: and the daughters of Iuda be glad, because of thy iudgementes O God. 9 For thou art a God hygher then all that are in the earth: thou art exalted farre aboue all gods.
• Ps 113:5-6 : 5 Who is like vnto God our Lord that dwelleth on hygh aboue all: 6 and yet humbleth him selfe to beholde the thinges that are in heauen and in earth?
• Ps 115:1-2 : 1 Geue praise not vnto vs O God, not vnto vs, but vnto thy name: for thy louing mercy, and for thy truethes sake. 2 Wherfore shal the Heathen say: where is nowe their God?
• Ps 118:16 : 16 The ryght hande of God is on hygh: the right hande of God bryngeth mightie thynges to passe.
• Ps 123:1 : 1 A song of high degrees. I lyft vp myne eyes vnto thee: who dwellest in heauen.
• Isa 1:26-27 : 26 And set thy iudges agayne as they were sometyme, and thy senatours as they were from the begynnyng: and then thou shalt be called the ryghteous citie, the faythfull citie. 27 Sion shalbe redeemed with equitie, and her conuertes with righteousnesse.
• Isa 2:11 : 11 The high lookes of man shalbe brought lowe, and the hautinesse of men shalbe bowed downe: and the Lorde alone shalbe exalted in that day.