Isaiah 33:5

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“The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.”

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BSBPD

“The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Jehovah is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Set on high is Jehovah, for He is dwelling on high, He filled Zion <FI>with<Fi> judgment and righteousness,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 33:5 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 9:16But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
  2. Exodus 15:1Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
  3. Exodus 15:6Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
  4. Exodus 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 31:20So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.
  6. Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
  7. Psalms 21:11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
  8. Psalms 46:9He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
  9. Psalms 97:8Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.
  10. Psalms 97:9For You, O LORD, are Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.
  11. Psalms 113:5Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?
  12. Psalms 115:1Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
  13. Psalms 118:16The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!”
  14. Psalms 123:1I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
  15. Isaiah 1:26I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”
  16. Isaiah 2:11The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
  17. Isaiah 2:17So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
  18. Isaiah 4:2On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
  19. Isaiah 12:4and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.
  20. Isaiah 28:6a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
  21. Isaiah 32:1Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
  22. Isaiah 32:15until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
  23. Isaiah 33:10“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
  24. Isaiah 37:20And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”

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