Isaiah 33:17
Your eyes will see the king in his glory: they will be looking on a far-stretching land.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
In Context
Cross References
Job 19:27Whom I will see on my side, and not as one strange to me. My heart is broken with desire.
Psalms 45:2\45:1\My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Isaiah 6:5Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.
Isaiah 32:1See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.
Zechariah 9:17For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.
John 1:14And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 33:14-24
The Forebodings of Hypocrites; Encouragement to God's People. ( b. c. 710.) 13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears… Read the whole commentary →