Isaiah 5:16

King James Version 1611 (Original)

But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּגְבַּ֛ה יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט וְהָאֵל֙ הַקָּד֔וֹשׁ נִקְדָּ֖שׁ בִּצְדָקָֽה׃

Transliteration

But wayyigbah YHWH ṣəbāʾôt through bammišpāṭ, and wəhāʾēl the haqqādôš is niqdāš through biṣdāqâ.

Grammar Details

• *wayyigbah*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with vav consecutive - and is exalted
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD
• *ṣəbāʾôt*: masculine plural noun - hosts/armies
• *bammišpāṭ*: preposition with definite article with masculine singular noun - through the justice
• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *hāʾēl*: definite article with masculine singular noun - the God
• *haqqādôš*: definite article with masculine singular adjective - the holy
• *niqdāš*: niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - is sanctified/shown holy
• *biṣdāqâ*: preposition with feminine singular noun - through righteousness

Word Meanings

• *ṣəbāʾôt*: hosts/armies/celestial bodies
• *niqdāš*: sanctified/shown holy/set apart

Referenced Verses

• Ps 46:10 : 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
• 1 Pet 2:15 : 15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
• Isa 29:23 : 23 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
• 1 Chr 29:11 : 11 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
• Isa 8:13 : 13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
• Isa 12:4 : 4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
• Isa 33:5 : 5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
• 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 ones.
• Ezek 36:23 : 23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
• Isa 28:17 : 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
• Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
• Isa 6:3 : 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
• Rev 4:8 : 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
• Rev 15:3-4 : 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
• Rev 19:1-5 : 1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: 2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. 4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. 5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
• Isa 30:18 : 18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
• Rev 3:7 : 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
• Ps 9:16 : 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
• Ps 21:13 : 13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
• Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Isa 2:17 : 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Ezek 38:23 : 23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
• Rom 2:5 : 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• 1 Pet 1:16 : 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
• Isa 61:8 : 8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
• Ezek 28:22 : 22 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.