Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 33:20
20Look upon Zion, city of our Festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem as a quiet home, a tent that will never be folded, Its stakes never pulled up, its cords never broken.
Isaiah 33:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
- New International Version (NIV)Look on Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an untroubled habitation, an immovable tent, whose stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts; Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet home, A tabernacle that will not be taken down; Not one of its stakes will ever be removed, Nor will any of its cords be broken.
Context of Isaiah 33:20
18Your heart will meditate on terror: “Where is the counter?” “Where is the weigher?” “Where is the counter of towers?” 19You will no longer see the fierce people, the people of speech too obscure to comprehend, with a stammering tongue no one understands. Look upon Zion, city of our Festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem as a quiet home, a tent that will never be folded, Its stakes never pulled up, its cords never broken. 21For there the majestic One, Adonai, will be for us— a place of rivers and wide canals, on which no boat with oars will go, nor any mighty ship will travel by. 22For Adonai is our Judge, Adonai is our Lawgiver, Adonai is our King— He will save us!
Read all of Isaiah 33Isaiah 33:20 word by word
חֲזֵ֣ה צִיּ֔וֹן קִרְיַ֖ת מֽוֹעֲדֵ֑נוּ עֵינֶיךָ֩ תִרְאֶ֨ינָה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם נָוֶ֣ה שַׁאֲנָ֗ן אֹ֤הֶל בַּל־יִצְעָן֙ בַּל־יִסַּ֤ע יְתֵֽדֹתָיו֙ לָנֶ֔צַח וְכָל־חֲבָלָ֖יו בַּל־יִנָּתֵֽקוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Lookחָזָהchâzâh · to seeH2372
- upon Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
- the cityקִרְיָהqiryâh · townH7151
- of our solemnitiesמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meeting: festivalH4150
- thine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- shall seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
- a quietשַׁאֲנָןsha'ănân · secureH7600
- habitationנָוֶהnâveh nâvâh · pastureH5116
- a tabernacleאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
- shall not be taken downצָעַןtsâ‛an · to moveH6813
- not one of the stakesיָתֵדyâthêd · pegH3489
- thereof shall everנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
- be removedנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
- neither shall any of the cordsחֶ֫בֶלchebel chêbel · cordH2256
- thereof be brokenנָתַקnâthaq · to tearH5423
Cross-references for Isaiah 33:20
- Psalms 48:12Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, because of Your judgments.
- Deuteronomy 12:5Rather you are to seek only the place Adonai your God chooses from all your tribes to put His Name to dwell—there you will come.
- Psalms 78:68Instead He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
- Psalms 46:5There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God— the holy dwelling place of Elyon.
- Psalms 125:1A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in Adonai are like Mount Zion— it cannot be moved, but endures forever.
- Psalms 128:5May Adonai bless you out of Zion, and may you see Jerusalem in prosperity all the days of your life,
- Isaiah 37:33Therefore thus says Adonai concerning the king of Assyria: “He will not come to the city, or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield, or throw up a siege-ramp against it.
- Isaiah 54:2“Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch out your tabernacle curtains. Do not hold back— lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.
- Ezekiel 48:35It will be 18,000 cubits all around. “From that day on, the name of the city will be: ‘Adonai Is There.’”
- Matthew 16:18And I also tell you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My community; and the gates of Sheol will not overpower it.
- Revelation 3:12The one who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the Temple of My God, and he will never leave it. And on him I will write the name of My God and the name of the city of My God—the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God—and My own new Name.
Commentaries on Isaiah 33:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Look upon Zion "Thou shalt see Zion" - For חזה chazeh, "see," read תחזה techezeh, "thou shalt see," with the Chaldee. - Houbigant. At the end of this verse we find in the Masoretic Bibles this note, הספר חצי chatsi hassepher, "the middle of the book;" that is the middle of the book of Isaiah.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Look upon Zion - Lowth renders this, Thou shalt see Zion,‘ by Changing the Hebrew text in conformity with the Chaldee. There is no doubt that this accords with the sense of the passage, but there is no authority for the change It stands in contrast with what had been said in Isaiah 33:19. There, the prophet had said that they should no more see those foreign armies that were coming to invade them. Here he directs them to look upon Zion, implying that they…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. 2020. solemnities--solemn assemblies at the great feasts (see on Is 30:29; Psa 42:4; Psa 48:12). not ... taken down ... removed--image from captives "removed" from their land (Is 36:17). There shall be no more "taking away" to an enemy's land. Or else, from nomads living in shifting tents. The saints, who sojourned once in tabernacles as pilgrims, shall have a "building of God--eternal in the heavens" (2Co 5:1; He 11:9, 10; compare Is 54:2). stakes--driven…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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