Isaiah 33:17

Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will see a distant land.

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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

16he will dwell on high. His place of defence will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.

18Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?

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Cross References

Job 19:27whom I, even I, will see on my side. My eyes will see, and not as a stranger. “My heart is consumed within me.

Psalms 45:2You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.

Isaiah 6:5Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips and I live amongst a people of unclean lips, for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Armies!”

Isaiah 32:1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.

Zechariah 9:17For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.

John 1:14The Word became flesh and lived amongst us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the only born Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

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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