New Living Translation
Isaiah 33:22
22For the Lord is our judge, our lawgiver, and our king. He will care for us and save us.
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
20Instead, you will see Zion as a place of holy festivals. You will see Jerusalem, a city quiet and secure. It will be like a tent whose ropes are taut and whose stakes are firmly fixed. 21The Lord will be our Mighty One. He will be like a wide river of protection that no enemy can cross, that no enemy ship can sail upon. For the Lord is our judge, our lawgiver, and our king. He will care for us and save us. 23The enemies’ sails hang loose on broken masts with useless tackle. Their treasure will be divided by the people of God. Even the lame will take their share! 24The people of Israel will no longer say, “We are sick and helpless,” for the Lord will forgive their sins.
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 18:25Surely you wouldn’t do such a thing, destroying the righteous along with the wicked. Why, you would be treating the righteous and the wicked exactly the same! Surely you wouldn’t do that! Should not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
- Psalms 50:6Then let the heavens proclaim his justice, for God himself will be the judge. Interlude
- Psalms 75:7It is God alone who judges; he decides who will rise and who will fall.
- Psalms 98:9before the Lord, for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with justice, and the nations with fairness.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body.
- Deuteronomy 33:2“The Lord came from Mount Sinai and dawned upon us from Mount Seir; he shone forth from Mount Paran and came from Meribah-kadesh with flaming fire at his right hand.
- Nehemiah 10:14The following leaders: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
- Psalms 147:19He has revealed his words to Jacob, his decrees and regulations to Israel.
- James 4:12God alone, who gave the law, is the Judge. He alone has the power to save or to destroy. So what right do you have to judge your neighbor?
- Psalms 44:4You are my King and my God. You command victories for Israel.
- Psalms 74:12You, O God, are my king from ages past, bringing salvation to the earth.
- Psalms 89:18Yes, our protection comes from the Lord, and he, the Holy One of Israel, has given us our king.
- Jeremiah 23:5“For the time is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will raise up a righteous descendant from King David’s line. He will be a King who rules with wisdom. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
- Zechariah 9:9Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey— riding on a donkey’s colt.
- Matthew 21:5“Tell the people of Jerusalem, ‘Look, your King is coming to you. He is humble, riding on a donkey— riding on a donkey’s colt.’”
- Matthew 25:34“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, 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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