Isaiah 33:2-22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 33:5-6

Isaiah 33:5-6. The Lord is exalted By the destruction of so potent an army, and by the defence of his people. For he dwelleth on high He is, and will appear to be, superior to his enemies, both in place and power. He dwelleth in heaven, whence he can easily and irresistibly pour down judgments upon his enemies. He hath fulfilled Or, he will fill Zion Or Jerusalem; with judgment and righteousness That is, either, 1st, With a glorious instance of his just judgment against the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 33:7-9

Isaiah 33:7-9. Behold, &c. That the mercy here promised might be duly appreciated and magnified, he gives a lively representation of the great danger and distress in which it found them. Their valiant ones “Three MSS.,” says Bishop Lowth, “read אראלים , lions of God, or strong lions; so they called valiant men, heroes; which appellation the Arabians and Persians still use.” The Hebrew doctors, however, understand by the word, their heralds, or messengers, namely, those whom... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 33:10-13

Isaiah 33:10-13. Now will I rise In this extremity I will appear on the behalf of my people and land. Ye shall bring forth stubble Instead of solid corn. Your great hopes and designs, O ye Assyrians, shall be utterly disappointed. Your breath, as fire, shall devour you Your rage against my people shall bring ruin upon yourselves. Or, the arrogance, pride, wrath, and blasphemies which you vent against God shall be your destruction. Dr. Waterland renders the clause, “Your breath shall be... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 33:14

Isaiah 33:14 . The sinners in Zion are afraid This is spoken, not of the Assyrians, but of the Jews. The prophet, having foretold the deliverance of God’s people, and the destruction of their enemies, for the greater illustration of that wonderful work, may be here considered as returning to the description of the dismal condition in which the Jews, especially such of them as were unbelieving and ungodly, should be before this deliverance came. For, although the pious Jews would be, in some... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 33:15-16

Isaiah 33:15-16. He that walketh righteously He who, being first made righteous by the justification of his person, and the renovation of his nature, (see on Genesis 15:6, and Psalms 32:1-2,) afterward practises righteousness in all its branches: (1 John 3:7-8,) and particularly in all his dealings with men, of which the following clauses explain it; and speaketh uprightly Hebrew, מישׁרים , uprightnesses, who speaks what is true and right, and with an holiest intention. Who does not... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 33:17-18

Isaiah 33:17-18. Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty Hezekiah, in a more prosperous condition than formerly. Having put off his sackcloth, and all the sadness of his countenance, he shall appear publicly in his beauty, in his royal robes, and with a pleasing aspect, to the great joy of all his loving subjects. Thine eyes shall see the King Messiah, (typified by Hezekiah,) triumphing over all his enemies, and ruling his own people with righteousness. Those that walk uprightly shall... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 33:19

Isaiah 33:19. Thou shalt not see a fierce people As Moses said of the Egyptians, (Exodus 14:13,) The Egyptians, whom you have seen to- day, you shall see them again no more; so I say of the Assyrians, that fierce and warlike people, whom thou hast seen, with great terror, near the walls of Jerusalem, thou shalt see them again no more; a people of a deeper speech, &c. A foreign nation whose language is unknown to thee. Of a stammering tongue, &c. Of which see on Isaiah 28:11. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 33:20-22

Isaiah 33:20-22. Look upon Zion Contemplate Zion’s beauty and safety, and her glorious and peculiar privileges; the city of our solemnities This was the chief part of Zion’s glory and happiness, that God was solemnly worshipped, and the solemn assemblies and feasts kept in her. Thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, &c. What is here predicted was but very obscurely and imperfectly fulfilled in the literal Zion; but was, and will be, clearly and fully accomplished in the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 33:1-24

Assyria defeated; Jerusalem blessed (33:1-24)In speaking again about the current situation, Isaiah announces God’s judgment on the Assyrians. They have plundered greedily and acted treacherously (33:1). Isaiah cries to God to save Jerusalem, so that the enemy armies will flee and the Jerusalemites can seize the goods left behind (2-4). Assured that God will act, the prophet praises him before the actual victory. God gives his people security and wisdom, and they respond with reverence and trust... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 33:2

arm. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for the strength and defense put forth by it. every morning: i.e. continually. read more

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