New Living Translation
Isaiah 33:16
16these are the ones who will dwell on high. The rocks of the mountains will be their fortress. Food will be supplied to them, and they will have water in abundance.
Isaiah 33:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
- New International Version (NIV)they are the ones who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. Their bread will be supplied, and water will not fail them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)he will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him; his water will be sure.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He will dwell on high; His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; Bread will be given him, His water will be sure.
Context of Isaiah 33:16
14The sinners in Jerusalem shake with fear. Terror seizes the godless. “Who can live with this devouring fire?” they cry. “Who can survive this all-consuming fire?” 15Those who are honest and fair, who refuse to profit by fraud, who stay far away from bribes, who refuse to listen to those who plot murder, who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong— these are the ones who will dwell on high. The rocks of the mountains will be their fortress. Food will be supplied to them, and they will have water in abundance. 17Your eyes will see the king in all his splendor, and you will see a land that stretches into the distance. 18You will think back to this time of terror, asking, “Where are the Assyrian officers who counted our towers? Where are the bookkeepers who recorded the plunder taken from our fallen city?”
Read all of Isaiah 33Isaiah 33:16 word by word
ה֚וּא מְרוֹמִ֣ים יִשְׁכֹּ֔ן מְצָד֥וֹת סְלָעִ֖ים מִשְׂגַּבּ֑וֹ לַחְמ֣וֹ נִתָּ֔ן מֵימָ֖יו נֶאֱמָנִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- He shall dwellשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
- on highמָרוֹםmârôm · heightH4791
- his place of defenceמִשְׂגָּבmiώgâb · high refugeH4869
- the munitionsמְצָדmetsad metsâd metsâdâh · strongholdH4679
- of rocksסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · cragH5553
- breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
- shall be givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- him; his watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
- sureאָמַן'âman · be faithfulH539
Cross-references for Isaiah 33:16
- Isaiah 32:18My people will live in safety, quietly at home. They will be at rest.
- Psalms 15:1Who may worship in your sanctuary, Lord? Who may enter your presence on your holy hill?
- Psalms 90:1Lord, through all the generations you have been our home!
- Psalms 91:1Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Psalms 107:41But he rescues the poor from trouble and increases their families like flocks of sheep.
- Proverbs 1:33But all who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm.”
- Proverbs 18:10The name of the Lord is a strong fortress; the godly run to him and are safe.
- Habakkuk 3:19The Sovereign Lord is my strength! He makes me as surefooted as a deer, able to tread upon the heights. (For the choir director: This prayer is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)
- Isaiah 26:1In that day, everyone in the land of Judah will sing this song: Our city is strong! We are surrounded by the walls of God’s salvation.
- Psalms 18:33He makes me as surefooted as a deer, enabling me to stand on mountain heights.
- Psalms 33:18But the Lord watches over those who fear him, those who rely on his unfailing love.
- Psalms 34:10Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in the Lord will lack no good thing.
- Psalms 37:3Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.
- Psalms 111:5He gives food to those who fear him; he always remembers his covenant.
- Luke 12:29“And don’t be concerned about what to eat and what to drink. Don’t worry about such things.
Commentaries on Isaiah 33:16
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16He shall dwell on high - See the margin. Heights, or high places, were usually places of safety, being, inaccessible to an enemy. The sense here is, that such a man as is described in Isaiah 33:15, should be preserved from alarm and danger, as if his habitation were on a lofty cliff or rock. The particular and special meaning is, that he should be safe from the anger, wrath, and consuming fire, which the sinner and the hypocrite dreaded Isaiah 33:14. The…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
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. on high--heights inaccessible to the foe (Is 26:1). bread ... waters--image from the expected siege by Sennacherib; however besieged by trials without, the godly shall have literal and spiritual food, as God sees good for them (Is 41:17; Psa 37:25; 34:10; 132:15).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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