Isaiah 5:16
And YHWH of Hosts is high in judgment, || And the Holy God sanctified in righteousness,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
15And the low is bowed down, and the high humbled, || And the eyes of the haughty become low,
17And lambs have fed according to their leading, || And sojourners consume wastelands of the fat ones.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:3And Moses says to Aaron, “It [is] that which YHWH has spoken, saying, By those drawing near to Me I am sanctified, and in the face of all the people I am honored”; and Aaron is silent.
1 Chronicles 29:11To You, O YHWH, [is] the greatness, and the might, and the beauty, and the victory, and the splendor, because of all in the heavens and in the earth; to You, O YHWH, [is] the kingdom, and He who is lifting up Himself over all for head;
Psalms 21:13Be exalted, O YHWH, in Your strength, || We sing and we praise Your might!
Isaiah 2:9And the low bows down, and the high is humbled, || And You do not accept them.
Isaiah 2:17And the haughtiness of man has been bowed down, || And the loftiness of men humbled, || And YHWH alone has been set on high in that day.
Isaiah 8:13YHWH of Hosts—Him you sanctify, || And He [is] your Fear, and He 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 →