Isaiah 5:16

Jehovah of hosts shall be exalted through judgment; Yea, God, the Holy One, shall be sanctified through righteousness.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

In Context

15The mean man shall be bowed down, And the great man shall be brought low, And the eyes of the haughty shall be humbled;

17Then shall the lambs feed, as in their own pasture, And the deserted fields of the rich shall strangers consume.

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Cross References

Psalms 21:13Exalt thyself, O LORD! by thy strength! So will we sing, and praise thy mighty deeds.

Isaiah 2:9Therefore shall the mean man be bowed down, And the great man be brought low; And thou wilt not forgive them!

Isaiah 2:17The pride of man shall be humbled; The loftiness of mortals shall be brought low; Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 8:13Jehovah of hosts, sanctify ye him; 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 →

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