Isaiah 33:21

Instead, Yahweh in majesty will be with us, in a place of broad rivers and streams. 1 No warship with oars will travel it, and no large ships will sail by. 1

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But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

In Context

20Look at Zion, the city of our feasts; 1 your eyes will see Jerusalem as a quiet habitation, a tent that will not be removed, 1 whose stakes will never be pulled up nor will any of its cords be broken. 1

22For Yahweh is our judge, Yahweh is our lawgiver, Yahweh is our king; he will save us. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:15You must not give back to his master a slave who has escaped from his master.

Psalms 46:4There is a river whose streams make the city of God happy, 1 the holy place where the Most High dwells. 1

Isaiah 41:18I will make streams to flow down the slopes, and springs in the middle of the valleys; 1 I will make the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into springs of water. 1

Isaiah 66:12This is what Yahweh says, 1 “I am about to spread prosperity over her like a river, 1 and the riches of the nations like an overflowing stream. 1 You will nurse at her side, be carried in her arms, and be dandled on her knees. 1

Acts 7:2Stephen said, “Brothers and fathers, listen to me: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran;

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 →

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