Isaiah 5:16
But the LORD of hosts is exalted through justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified through righteousness.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
15And man is bowed down, and man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled;
Cross References
Leviticus 10:3Then Moses said unto Aaron: 'This is it that the LORD spoke, saying: Through them that are nigh unto Me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.' And Aaron held his peace.
1 Chronicles 29:11Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is Thine; Thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and Thou art exalted as head above all.
Psalms 21:13(21-14) Be Thou exalted, O LORD, in Thy strength; so will we sing and praise Thy power.
Isaiah 2:9And man boweth down, and man lowereth himself; and Thou canst not bear with them.
Isaiah 2:17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 8:13The LORD of hosts, Him shall ye sanctify; and let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:9-18
Worldly-Mindedness Reproved; The Punishment of the Sensual. ( b. c. 758.) 8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! 9 In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah. 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow… Read the whole commentary →