God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 33:22
22The Lord is our judge. The Lord is our lawgiver. The Lord is our king. The Lord is our savior.
Isaiah 33:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.
- New International Version (NIV)For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; it is he who will save us.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the Lord is our judge; the Lord is our lawgiver; the Lord is our king; he will save us.
- New King James Version (NKJV)(For the Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our Lawgiver, The Lord is our King; He will save us);
Context of Isaiah 33:22
20Look at Zion, the city of our festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem as a peaceful place. It is a tent that can’t be moved. Its tent pegs will never be pulled out, and none of its ropes will be broken. 21The Lord will be our mighty defender in a place surrounded by wide rivers and streams. Ships with oars won’t travel on them. Stately ships won’t sail on them. The Lord is our judge. The Lord is our lawgiver. The Lord is our king. The Lord is our savior. 23Your ropes hang loose, your mast isn’t secure, and your sail isn’t spread out. A large amount of loot will be distributed. Lame people will carry off your loot. 24No one who lives ⌞in Zion⌟ will say, “I’m sick.” The sins of its inhabitants will be forgiven.
Read all of Isaiah 33Isaiah 33:22 word by word
כִּ֤י יְהוָה֙ שֹׁפְטֵ֔נוּ יְהוָ֖ה מְחֹקְקֵ֑נוּ יְהוָ֥ה מַלְכֵּ֖נוּ ה֥וּא יוֹשִׁיעֵֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 33:22
- Genesis 18:25It would be unthinkable for you to do such a thing, to treat the innocent and the guilty alike and to kill the innocent with the guilty. That would be unthinkable! Won’t the judge of the whole earth do what is fair?”
- Psalms 50:6The heavens announce his righteousness because God is the judge. Selah
- Psalms 75:7God alone is the judge. He punishes one person and rewards another.
- Psalms 98:9in the Lord’s presence because he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with justice and its people with fairness.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10All of us must appear in front of Christ’s judgment seat. Then all people will receive what they deserve for the good or evil they have done while living in their bodies.
- Deuteronomy 33:2He said, “The Lord came from Sinai. For his people he rose from Seir ⌞like the sun⌟. He appeared like sunshine from Mount Paran. He came with tens of thousands of holy ones. On his right was a raging fire for them.
- Nehemiah 10:14These were the leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
- Psalms 147:19He speaks his word to Jacob, his laws and judicial decisions to Israel.
- James 4:12There is only one who creates laws and judges on the basis of them. He is able to save or destroy you. So who are you to judge your neighbor?
- Psalms 44:4You alone are my king, O God. You won those victories for Jacob.
- Psalms 74:12And yet, from long ago God has been my king, the one who has been victorious throughout the earth.
- Psalms 89:18Our shield belongs to the Lord. Our king belongs to the Holy One of Israel.
- Jeremiah 23:5“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will grow a righteous branch for David. He will be a king who will rule wisely. He will do what is fair and right in the land.
- Zechariah 9:9Rejoice with all your heart, people of Zion! Shout in triumph, people of Jerusalem! Look! Your King is coming to you: He is righteous and victorious. He is humble and rides on a donkey, on a colt, a young pack animal.
- Matthew 21:5“Tell the people of Zion, ‘Your king is coming to you. He’s gentle, riding on a donkey, on a colt, a young pack animal.’ ”
- Matthew 25:34“Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, my Father has blessed you! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.
Commentaries on Isaiah 33:22
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22For the Lord is our judge - Yahweh will be to us nothing but a source of happiness, truth, and prosperity. His presence will be to us only a blessing, and a means of success and joy. The repetition of the name Yahweh three times is common in the Scriptures.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-24Verses 15-24 The true believer watches against all occasions of sin. The Divine power will keep him safe, and his faith in that power will keep him easy. He shall want nothing needful for him. Every blessing of salvation is freely bestowed on all that ask with humble, believing prayer; and the believer is safe in time and for ever. Those that walk uprightly shall not only have bread given, and their water sure, but they shall, by faith, see the King of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-24This vision is about God’s reign in Zion.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. Lord--thrice repeated, as often: the Trinity (Nu 6:24-26). judge ... lawgiver ... king--perfect ideal of the theocracy, to be realized under Messiah alone; the judicial, legislative, and administrative functions as king to be exercised by Him in person (Is 11:4; 32:1; Jas 4:12).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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