Isaiah 33:2

Isaiah 33:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
• New International Version (NIV)Lord, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.
• English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.
• New King James Version (NKJV)O Lord, be gracious to us; We have waited for You. Be their arm every morning, Our salvation also in the time of trouble.

Context of Isaiah 33:2

1Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. O Yhwh, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. 3At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. 4And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

Isaiah 33:2 word by word

יְהוָ֥ה חָנֵּ֖נוּ לְךָ֣ קִוִּ֑ינוּ הֱיֵ֤ה זְרֹעָם֙ לַבְּקָרִ֔ים אַף־יְשׁוּעָתֵ֖נוּ בְּעֵ֥ת צָרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• O Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• be graciousחָנַןchânan · be graciousH2603
• unto us; we have waitedקָוָהqâvâh · to awaitH6960
• for thee: be thou their armזְרוֹעַzerôa‛ zerôa‛ zerô‛âh zerô‛âh · armH2220
• every morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• our salvationיְשׁוּעָהyeshû‛âh · salvationH3444
• also in the timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• of troubleצָרָהtsârâh · distressH6869

Cross-references for Isaiah 33:2

• Isaiah 25:9And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is Yhwh; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
• Isaiah 26:8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Yhwh, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
• Isaiah 30:18And therefore will Yhwh wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Yhwh is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
• Psalms 27:13I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of Yhwh in the land of the living.
• Psalms 62:1Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
• Psalms 123:2Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon Yhwh our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
• Psalms 130:4But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
• Lamentations 3:25Yhwh is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
• Hosea 14:2Take with you words, and turn to Yhwh: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
• Isaiah 25:4For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
• Exodus 14:27And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Yhwh overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
• Psalms 25:3Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
• Psalms 143:8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
• Lamentations 3:23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
• Isaiah 26:16Yhwh, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
• Psalms 37:39But the salvation of the righteous is of Yhwh: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

Commentaries on Isaiah 33:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Be thou their arm every morning "Be thou our strength every morning" - For זרעם zeroam, their arm, the Syriac, Chaldee, and Vulgate read זרענו zeroenu, our arm, in the first person of the pronoun, not the third: the edition of Felix Pratensis has זרעתינו zerootheynu in the margin. The prophet is here praying against the enemies of God's people; and yet this part of the prayer seems to be in their behalf: but from the above authorities it appears that Our…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2O Lord - This is a solemn prayer to Yahweh, made by the Jews in the apprehension of the invasion of the Assyrian. It is not meant that this prayer was actually offered, but it is a prophetic representation indicating the alarm of the Jews at his approach, and their disposition to throw themselves upon the mercy of God. We have waited for thee - That is, we have looked for deliverance from this threatened invasion from thy hand (compare the note at Isaiah…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The faithful community prayed for God to be merciful in response to the promise of Isaiah 30:18.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. us; we ... their ... our--He speaks interceding for His people, separating himself in thought for a moment from them, and immediately returns to his natural identification with them in the word "our." every morning--each day as it dawns, especially during our danger, as the parallel "time of trouble" shows.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 33:2

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Arm
• Faith
• Prayer
• Waiting

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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