Isaiah 5:16

Isaiah 5:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
• New International Version (NIV)But the Lord Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will be proved holy by his righteous acts.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the Lord of hosts is exalted in justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will be exalted by his justice. The holiness of God will be displayed by his righteousness.

Context of Isaiah 5:16

14Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself And opened its mouth beyond measure; Their glory and their multitude and their pomp, And he who is jubilant, shall descend into it. 15People shall be brought down, Each man shall be humbled, And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled. But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness. 17Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture, And in the waste places of the fat ones strangers shall eat. 18Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, And sin as if with a cart rope;

Isaiah 5:16 word by word

וַיִּגְבַּ֛ה יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט וְהָאֵל֙ הַקָּד֔וֹשׁ נִקְדָּ֖שׁ בִּצְדָקָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• shall be exaltedגָּבַהּgâbahh · be highH1361
• in judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• and Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• that is holyקָדוֹשׁqâdôsh qâdôsh · holyH6918
• shall be sanctifiedקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
• in righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedâqâh · righteousnessH6666

Cross-references for Isaiah 5:16

• Isaiah 12:4And in that day you will say: “Praise the Lord, call upon His name; Declare His deeds among the peoples, Make mention that His name is exalted.
• 1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, The power and the glory, The victory and the majesty; For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, And You are exalted as head over all.
• Psalms 9:16The Lord is known by the judgment He executes; The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah
• Psalms 21:13Be exalted, O Lord, in Your own strength! We will sing and praise Your power.
• Psalms 46:10Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
• Ezekiel 28:22and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against you, O Sidon; I will be glorified in your midst; And they shall know that I am the Lord, When I execute judgments in her and am hallowed in her.
• Ezekiel 38:23Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’
• Romans 2:5But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
• Revelation 19:1After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God!
• Isaiah 6:3And one cried to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!”
• Isaiah 57:15For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
• Revelation 3:7“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ‘These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”:
• Revelation 4:8The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!”
• Revelation 15:3They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: “Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints!
• Isaiah 8:13The Lord of hosts, Him you shall hallow; Let Him be your fear, And let Him be your dread.
• Isaiah 29:23But when he sees his children, The work of My hands, in his midst, They will hallow My name, And hallow the Holy One of Jacob, And fear the God of Israel.

Commentaries on Isaiah 5:16

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-23Verses 8-23 Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. Not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purchase another; but the fault is, that they never know when they have enough. Covetousness is idolatry; and while many envy the prosperous, wretched man, the Lord denounces awful woes upon him. How applicable to many among us! God has many ways to empty the most populous cities. Those who set their hearts…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16God's rule is always fair and right, and he will be honored for his justice. When he is honored, oppressors will face judgment (see Isaiah 1:21–23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. God shall be "exalted" in man's view, because of His manifestation of His "justice" in punishing the guilty. sanctified--regarded as holy by reason of His "righteous" dealings.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 5

• 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