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Isaiah 33:21 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 33 · verse 21
But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.Isaiah 33:21 · King James Version
Isaiah 33:21 in context
19Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
20Look 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.
21But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
22For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
23Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- gloriousʼaddîyrwide or largeH117 →
- streamsyᵉʼôra channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaftH2975 →
- riversnâhâra stream (including the seaH5104 →
- galleyʼŏnîy-a ship or a fleetH590 →
- placemâqôwmproperly, a standingH4725 →
- broadrâchâbroomy, in any direction, literally or figurativelyH7342 →
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Here is a preface that commands attention; and it is fit that all should attend, both near and afar off, to what God says and does (Isa 33:13): Hear, you that are afar off, whether in place or time. Let distant regions and future ages hear what God has done. They do so;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-24