Isaiah 33:16 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 33:16

he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.

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ASV

He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

KJV

He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

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Commentary

4 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 6, Chapter 3 (604)

By the name of bread the teaching of perfection is shown, as Paul attests, who, rousing the weak to conversion, says: "I gave you milk to drink, not solid food. For you were not yet able, nor are you yet able." For if milk belongs to little ones, bread belongs to none but the perfect. Whence also it is said of the strength of the perfect man: "He shall dwell on high, the fortifications of rocks shall be his loftiness, bread has been given to him."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

In the whole course of his conversation he acts by rules of equity, and makes conscience of rendering to all their due, to God his due, as well as to men theirs. His walk is righteousness itself; he would not for a world wilfully do an unjust thing. (2.) He speaks uprightly, uprightnesses (so the word is); he speaks what is true and right, and with an honest intention.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

God, the rock of ages, will be his high tower. (2.) He shall be supplied; he shall want nothing that is necessary for him: Bread shall be given him, even when the siege is straitest and provisions are cut off; and his waters shall be sure, that is, he shall be sure of the continuance of them, so that he shall not drink his water by measure and with astonishment.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

He shall dwell on high - See the margin. Heights, or high places, were usually places of safety, being, inaccessible to an enemy. The sense here is, that such a man as is described in Isa 33:15, should be preserved from alarm and danger, as if his habitation were on a lofty cliff or rock. The particular and special meaning is, that he should be safe from the anger, wrath, and consuming fire, which the sinner and the hypocrite dreaded Isa 33:

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ה֚וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
מְרוֹמִ֣ים	me.ro.Mim	high places	H4791 →
יִשְׁכֹּ֔ן	yish.Kon	he will dwell	H7931 →
מְצָד֥וֹת	me.tza.Dot	[will be] strongholds of	H4679 →
סְלָעִ֖ים	se.la.'Im	cliffs	H5553 →
מִשְׂגַּבּ֑וֹ	mis.ga.Bo	refuge his	H4869 →
לַחְמ֣וֹ	lach.Mo	food his	H3899 →
נִתָּ֔ן	ni.Tan	[will be] given	H5414 →
מֵימָ֖יו	mei.Mav	water his	H4325 →
נֶאֱמָנִֽים׃	ne.'e.ma.Nim	[will be] reliable	H539 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 22:3
  My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
- Isaiah 26:4
  Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
- Psalms 91:2
  I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
- Psalms 144:2
  He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
- Psalms 61:3–4
  For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.
Through
Proverbs 1:33
But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
leads to
- Psalms 25:12–13
  Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
- Psalms 112:7–8
  He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
- Isaiah 26:3
  You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Isaiah