Isaiah 33:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The Lord is lifted up; his place is on high: he has made Zion full of righteousness and true religion.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נִשְׂגָּב יְהוָה כִּי שֹׁכֵן מָרוֹם מִלֵּא צִיּוֹן מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה

Transliteration

Niśgāb YHWH for šōkēn mārôm millēʾ ṣiyyôn mišpāṭ û-ṣədāqâ

Grammar Details

• *Niśgāb*: Niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he is exalted
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD
• *šōkēn*: Qal participle, masculine singular - dwelling/inhabiting
• *mārôm*: noun, masculine singular - height/high place
• *millēʾ*: Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has filled
• *ṣiyyôn*: proper noun - Zion
• *mišpāṭ*: noun, masculine singular - justice/judgment
• *û-ṣədāqâ*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and righteousness

Word Meanings

• *Niśgāb*: he is exalted/he is lofty/he is high
• *šōkēn*: dwelling/inhabiting/residing
• *mārôm*: height/high place/on high
• *millēʾ*: he has filled/he has made full
• *mišpāṭ*: justice/judgment/ordinance
• *ṣədāqâ*: righteousness/rightness/justice

Referenced Verses

• Isa 2:17 : 17 And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.
• Isa 4:2-4 : 2 In that day will the young growth of the Lord be beautiful in glory, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride of those who are still living in Israel. 3 And it will come about that the rest of the living in Zion, and of those who have been kept from destruction in Jerusalem, will be named holy, even everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem: 4 When Zion has been washed from her sin by the Lord, and Jerusalem made clean from her blood by a judging and a burning wind.
• Isa 12:4 : 4 And in that day you will say, Give praise to the Lord, let his name be honoured, give word of his doings among the peoples, say that his name is lifted up.
• Isa 28:6 : 6 And a spirit of wisdom to the judge, and strength to those who keep back the attackers at the door of the town.
• Isa 32:1 : 1 See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.
• Isa 32:15-18 : 15 Till the spirit comes on us from on high, and the waste land becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field is changed into a wood. 16 Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the fertile field. 17 And the work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of an upright rule will be to take away fear for ever. 18 And my people will be living in peace, in houses where there is no fear, and in quiet resting-places.
• Isa 33:10 : 10 Now will I come forward, says the Lord; now will I be lifted up; now will my power be seen.
• Isa 37:20 : 20 But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hand, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you, and you only, are the Lord.
• Isa 52:1 : 1 Awake! awake! put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful robes, O Jerusalem, the holy town: for from now there will never again come into you the unclean and those without circumcision.
• Isa 54:11-14 : 11 O troubled one, storm-crushed, uncomforted! see, your stones will be framed in fair colours, and your bases will be sapphires. 12 I will make your towers of rubies, and your doors of carbuncles, and the wall round you will be of all sorts of beautiful stones. 13 And all your builders will be made wise by the Lord; and great will be the peace of your children. 14 All your rights will be made certain to you: have no fear of evil, and destruction will not come near you.
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.
• Isa 60:21 : 21 Your people will all be upright, the land will be their heritage for ever; the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, to be for my glory.
• Isa 61:3 : 3 To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.
• Isa 61:11-62:1 : 11 For as the earth puts out buds, and as the garden gives growth to the seeds which are planted in it, so the Lord will make righteousness and praise to be flowering before all the nations. 1 Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.
• Isa 66:1 : 1 The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place?
• Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.
• Rom 3:26 : 26 And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus.
• Rom 11:26 : 26 And so all Israel will get salvation: as it is said in the holy Writings, There will come out of Zion the One who makes free; by him wrongdoing will be taken away from Jacob:
• Eph 1:20-21 : 20 By which he made Christ come back from the dead, and gave him a place at his right hand in heaven, 21 Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come:
• Rev 19:2-6 : 2 For true and upright are his decisions; for by him has the evil woman been judged, who made the earth unclean with the sins of her body; and he has given her punishment for the blood of his servants. 3 And again they said, Praise to the Lord. And her smoke went up for ever and ever. 4 And the four and twenty rulers and the four beasts went down on their faces and gave worship to God who was seated on the high seat, saying, Even so, praise to the Lord. 5 And a voice came from the high seat, saying, Give praise to our God, all you his servants, small and great, in whom is the fear of him. 6 And there came to my ears the voice of a great army, like the sound of waters, and the sound of loud thunders, saying, Praise to the Lord: for the Lord our God, Ruler of all, is King.
• Exod 9:16-17 : 16 But, for this very reason, I have kept you from destruction, to make clear to you my power, and so that my name may be honoured through all the earth. 17 Are you still uplifted in pride against my people so that you will not let them go?
• Exod 15:1 : 1 Then Moses and the children of Israel made this song to the Lord, and said, I will make a song to the Lord, for he is lifted up in glory: the horse and the horseman he has sent down into the sea.
• Exod 15:6 : 6 Full of glory, O Lord, is the power of your right hand; by your right hand those who came against you are broken.
• Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I am certain that the Lord is greater than all gods, for he has overcome them in their pride.
• 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 This Hezekiah did through all Judah; he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God. 21 And for everything he undertook, in connection with the work of the house of God and his law and orders, he got directions from God and did it with serious purpose; and things went well for him.
• Job 40:9-9 : 9 Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation. 10 See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox. 11 His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach. 12 His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together. 13 His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron. 14 He is the chief of the ways of God, made by him for his pleasure.
• Ps 21:11-13 : 11 For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect. 12 Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces. 13 Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of your power.
• Ps 46:9-9 : 9 He puts an end to wars over all the earth; by him the bow is broken, and the spear cut in two, and the carriage burned in the fire. 10 Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be lifted up among the nations, I will be honoured through all the earth.
• Ps 97:8-9 : 8 Zion gave ear and was glad; and the daughters of Judah were full of joy, because of your decisions, O Lord. 9 For you, Lord, are most high over the earth; you are lifted up over all other gods.
• Ps 113:5-6 : 5 Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high, 6 Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth?
• Ps 115:1-2 : 1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith. 2 Why may the nations say, Where is now their God?
• Ps 118:16 : 16 The right hand of the Lord is lifted up; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.
• Ps 123:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens.
• Isa 1:26-27 : 26 And I will give you judges again as at the first, and wise guides as in the past; then you will be named, The Town of Righteousness, the true town. 27 Upright acts will be the price of Zion's forgiveness, and by righteousness will men be living there.
• Isa 2:11 : 11 The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.