“Now I will arise,” says Yahweh. “Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted.
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“Now I will arise,” says Yahweh. “Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted.
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Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
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Now will I arise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift Myself up.
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Passages linked to Isaiah 33:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 12:5 “Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
- Psalms 102:13-18 You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come. For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust. So the nations will fear Yahweh’s name, all the kings of the earth your glory. For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory. He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer. This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.
- Isaiah 30:17-18 One thousand will flee at the threat of one. At the threat of five, you will flee until you are left like a beacon on the top of a mountain, and like a banner on a hill. Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
- Isaiah 42:13-14 Yahweh will go out like a mighty man. He will stir up zeal like a man of war. He will raise a war cry. Yes, he will shout aloud. He will triumph over his enemies. “I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.
- Isaiah 59:16-17 He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor. Therefore his own arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness sustained him. He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head. He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.
- Amos 6:1 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
- Exodus 14:18 The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.”
- Exodus 15:9-12 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword. My hand will destroy them.’ You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? You stretched out your right hand. The earth swallowed them.
- Deuteronomy 32:36-43 For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone; that there is no one remaining, shut up or left at large. He will say, “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge; which ate the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you! Let them be your protection. “See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. For I lift up my hand to heaven and declare, as I live forever, if I sharpen my glittering sword, my hand grasps it in judgment; I will take vengeance on my adversaries, and will repay those who hate me. I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the head of the leaders of the enemy.” Rejoice, you nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will take vengeance on his adversaries, and will make atonement for his land and for his people.
- Psalms 7:6 Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
- Psalms 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”
- Psalms 78:65 Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
- Isaiah 10:16 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory a burning will be kindled like the burning of fire.
- Isaiah 10:33 Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will lop the boughs with terror. The tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.
- Zephaniah 3:8 “Therefore wait for me”, says Yahweh, “until the day that I rise up to the prey, for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour on them my indignation, even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
- Isaiah 2:21 to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain To help and deliver my Church.
To help and deliver my Church.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 33:10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD;…
Isa 33:10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
Ver. 10. Now will I rise, saith the Lord, now.] Now, now, now. Emphasin habet ingeminatio vocis "nunc." This "now," thrice repeated, importeth both the opportunity of time and God’s readiness to relieve. Cum duplicantur lateres, venit Moses, When things are at worst, they will mend, we say.
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Now will I lift up myself.] Who have hitherto been held an underling, and inferior to the enemy.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain In this extremity, I will appear on the behalf…
In this extremity, I will appear on the behalf of my people and land.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now will I rise, saith the Lord,.... At the…
Now will I rise, saith the Lord,.... At the last extremity, when things are come to a crisis; his interest at the lowest, and the kingdom of antichrist at its highest pitch; the whore of Rome triumphing over the slain witnesses, and boasting she was a queen, and knew no sorrow: this will be God's fit time to exert himself, and get him honour and glory: he before was as one lain down and asleep, as if quite negligent and careless about his honour and interest; but now he determines to arise, and show himself strong on the behalf of it; see Psa 12:5,
now will I be exalted; that is, in his power, by the destruction of the enemies of his church; and in the hearts and mouths of his people, on account of their deliverance and salvation:
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now will I lift up myself; show himself above his enemies, higher and greater than they, and reduce them to a low estate and condition. The repetition of the word "now" has its emphasis; and is designed to observe the time of God's appearing in the cause of his people, and the fitness and propriety of it; and to quicken their attention to it, as well as to express the certainty of it, and the firmness of his resolution to do it without delay, and the vehemence and ardour with which he would set about it.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Isa 33:10-13. Now will I rise — In this…
Isa 33:10-13. Now will I rise — In this extremity I will appear on the behalf of my people and land. Ye shall bring forth stubble — Instead of solid corn. Your great hopes and designs, O ye Assyrians, shall be utterly disappointed. Your breath, as fire, shall devour you — Your rage against my people shall bring ruin upon yourselves. Or, the arrogance, pride, wrath, and blasphemies which you vent against God shall be your destruction. Dr. Waterland renders the clause, “Your breath shall be the fire that shall consume you.” The people shall be as the burnings of lime — Shall be perfectly consumed, as when chalk-stones are reduced to lime; calcining, or reducing to ashes, being one of the last effects of fire. Thus we learn from this period, that when the calamity of the people, as well as the insolence of their enemies, should be come to the height, God would delay no longer, but immediately interpose and severely punish the oppressors, and thereby exalt his glory before the eyes of the nations, whom he calls upon, in the next words, to consider his doings. Hear, ye afar off, &c. — So remarkable a judgment as this deserves to be known, and laid to heart, by all men, both far and near.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Now - This verse commences another transition. In the…
Now - This verse commences another transition. In the previous verses, the desolation of the land had been described, and the hopelessness of obtaining any terms of favor from Sennacherib, or of binding him to any compact, bad been stated. In this state of things, when inevitable ruin seemed to be coming upon the nation, God said that he would interpose.
Will I rise - To vengeance; or to punish the invading host. The emphasis in this passage should be placed on ‘I,’ indicating that Yahweh would himself do what could not be effected by people.
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Now will I be exalted - That is, God would so interpose that it should be manifest that it was his hand that brought deliverance.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Myself, when all human aid fails.
Myself, when all human aid fails.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain The sight of His people's misery arouses Jehovah; He…
The sight of His people's misery arouses Jehovah; He has let the enemy go far enough.
I--emphatic; God Himself will do what man could not.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 10-12. This iniquity is now full. The day of…
10-12. This iniquity is now full. The day of judgment to Assyria has come. As though indifferently sitting still, Jehovah has looked on long enough, and says,
Now will I rise… now… be exalted; now… lift up myself — The thrice repeated “now” denotes earnest business. On hearing this the prophet knows what is to come, and cries out as if to the enemy, Ye… conceive chaff, ye… bring forth stubble — Your vainglorious swell and threat amounts to utter nothing. Your furious, snorting menace is turned back to you, an inward, self-consuming flame. God’s purpose is to make the nations here represented in this your devouring army to become utterly consumed, as the burnings of lime; speedily consumed, as thorns, or dead brushwood, cut and dried for immediate heating.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10–13. Jehovah’s answer to the complaint and prayer of…
10–13. Jehovah’s answer to the complaint and prayer of His people.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10) Now will I rise . . .—We note…
(10) Now will I rise . . .—We note the emphatic iteration of the adverb of time. Man’s necessity was, as ever, to be God’s opportunity. He had been, as it were, waiting for this crisis, and would at once arise in His might.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Now will I rise. Judah"s extremity is Jehovah"s opportunity.…
Now will I rise. Judah"s extremity is Jehovah"s opportunity. "Now" at length the time is come for God to show himself, tic will rise from his throne, and actively display his power; he will exalt himself above the heathen lift himself up above the nations.
The opportuneness of God"s judgments.
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It is characteristic of Divine interpositions that they take place at the moment of greatest need. Isaac is on the point of being sacrificed when the angel calls to Abraham out of heaven. (Gen_22:10, Gen_22:11) Elisha is compassed about with horsemen and chariots, and on the point of falling into his enemies" hands, when they are smitten with blindness. (2Ki_6:15-18) The Israelites are hemmed in between the Egyptians and the sea, and must perish on the morrow, when the waters are divided for them, and a way opened to them for escape. (Exo_14:10-22) More especially is the appropriateness of the time noticeable, when the interposition is in the shape of a judgment. Judgments are opportune doubly:
(1) with respect to those on whom they fall;
(2) with respect to those whom they relieve.
I JUDGMENTS ARE OPPORTUNE WITH RESPECT TO THOSE ON WHOM THEY FALL. God is so merciful that he will not judge men "before the time," or until they have "filled up the measure of their iniquities." Hence it is the general rule that his enemies are at their greatest height of exaltation, and at the very acing of their haughtiness and pride, when the fatal blow falls upon them. Assyria had reached the zenith of her greatness under Sennacherib in B.C. 700. He himself had reached a pitch of arrogance unknown to former kings, (2Ki_19:23, 2Ki_19:24; ver. 8) when the destroying angel went forth. So Nebuchadnezzar was stricken down at the height of his glory and his glorying; (Dan_4:29-33) and Haman had attained to the greatest elevation possible for a subject (Est_5:11) when he was seized and hanged in front of his house. Herod Agrippa (Act_12:21-23) is another instance; and so, perhaps, is Arius.
II JUDGMENTS ARE OPPORTUNE WITH RESPECT TO THOSE WHOM THEY RELIEVE. Generally, though not always, a deliverance accompanies a judgment. God, when he "putteth down one, setteth up another." Hezekiah and the Jewish nation were delivered by the destruction of Sennacherib"s host. Mordecai was saved when Haman suffered death. Alexander and the Catholics of Constantinople breathed again when Arius suddenly expired. The Church had rest when Galerius perished miserably. It is in their utmost need especially that God succors men, perhaps because they then turn to him with most sincerity, and offer their supplications to him with most earnestness. When they call to him "out of the depth," their need and their faith both plead for them, and he "hears their voice". (Psa_130:1, Psa_130:2)
Vers. 10-16. In the presence of the Holy One.
The great question which, in a somewhat different form from that of the text, Balak proposed to Balaam (Mic_6:6) is one that has always stirred the hearts of men everywhere and in all ages. We must find an answer to it if we are to enjoy any "rest unto our souls.
I THE THRICE-HOLY LORD OUR GOD. That which makes God"s intervening purpose (ver. 10) so serious to his creatures is that when he arises he will be found to be as "the devouring Fire," as "everlasting Burnings;" i.e. he will prove himself to be the Holy One of Israel:
(1) Whose Spirit is absolutely intolerant of iniquity, hating it with perfect hatred, to whom it is so abhorrent that he "cannot look" upon it. And
(2) whose action is inflexibly opposed to it;
(a) placing limits to its temporary success (ver. 11);
(b) bringing its decrees and its achievements to nothing, as the lime-kiln reduces everything to ashes;
(c) consuming the strength of the impious and the rebellious as easily and as swiftly as the fiery flames burn up the thorns (ver. 12). To fallen, guilty man, whose character has been depraved and whose life has been stained by sin, God is obliged to make himself known, and to make himself feared as "the devouring fire," as "the everlasting "the continual burnings," consuming iniquity in the holy ardor of his unquenchable purity.
II THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY ONE. Who among us shall dwell with this Holy One, this consuming Fire? Who shall abide in his presence and dwell in his holy hill? (Psa_15:1 Psa_24:3) There are different senses in which we are before God, or stand in his presence.
1. His observant presence, which is constant, of which we do well to remind ourselves often, with the thought of which our minds and hearts may well be filled.
2. His interposing presence. Those times and occasions in particular when he arises to judgment (ver. 10); when he stretches forth his hand in punishment or in reward; when he sends back the Assyrian monarch in humiliating flight, and at the same time lifts up the head of bowed and trembling Jerusalem; when he breaks the arm of the oppressor and the chains of the captive; when he scatters his enemies and redeems his people.
3. His presence in the sanctuary. When he manifests himself to his waiting ones as he does not unto the world.
4. His nearer presence in another world. When in a most solemn sense we shall "stand before" him, and when in a most blessed sense we shall "dwell with" him.
III THOSE WHO CAN ABIDE IN HIS PRESENCE. The answer is negative and positive.
1. Negative.
(1) Not the guilty ones among the unprivileged. To those who" have not the Law," but who are guilty of transgressing the unwritten law; to all who act as Assyria did on this occasion, spoiling those who had not spoiled them, etc. (ver. 1), God will mete out his indignation (see ver. 11).
(2) Not the insincere among the children of privilege. "Fearfulness will surprise the hypocrites" (ver. 14). Let all who sing the praises and utter the words of the Redeemer consider whether gratitude and devotedness are in their hearts as well as on their lips.
2. Positive. They can dwell with the Holy One who are possessed of moral because of spiritual integrity. "He that walketh righteously," etc.; i.e. he that is of sound heart, and therefore of a pure life. With us, in this Christian era, it may be said of spiritual integrity
(1) that its foundation is laid in genuine repentance, in a change of heart towards God;
(2) that it takes the form of a living faith in the Lord Jesus Christ;
(3) that it manifests itself in excellency of character. And this last is seen in the marks, which the prophet here indicates: in upright conduct (walking righteously, refusing bribes); in soundness of speech ; in refusing all access to evil (stopping the ears and shutting the eyes from hearing and seeing what is injurious and defiling); in a hearty hatred of injustice (despising the gain of oppression).
IV THE BLESSEDNESS OF THOSE WHO DWELL WITH GOD. Whether here or hereafter, but in a higher degree and more perfect form hereafter, there are promised these two great blessings.
1. Security. "He shall dwell on high: his place of defense," etc. Nothing shall harm him, no sin shall have dominion over him; in the arms of God"s protecting care his home shall be impregnable to assault.
2. Sufficiency. "Bread shall be given him," etc. He may not have all he would desire, but he shall have everything he needs for his real welfare and his true joy. C.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 will I arise
will I arise
To arise or stand up is a metaphor for no longer watching and thinking and instead beginning to act. AT: "will I begin to act" (See: Metaphor)
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now I will be lifted up; now I will be elevated
This can be stated in active form. These two phrases have basically the same meaning and emphasize Yahweh being exalted. AT: "now I will exalt myself and show that I deserve for everyone to honor me" (See: Active or Passive and Parallelism)
You conceive chaff, and you give birth to stubble
This speaks of the Assyrians making plans as if they were conceiving and giving birth to their plans as a mother gives birth to a baby. This speaks of their plans being useless by comparing them to chaff. AT: "You make plans that are as useless as chaff and straw" (See: Metaphor)
stubble
The dry pieces of plants that are left in the ground after the stalks have been cut.
your breath is a fire that will consume you
Here the Assyrians' plans are referred to as their "breath." This speaks of their plans causing them to die as if their plans would literally burn up their bodies. AT: "your plans will cause you to die" (See: Metonymy and Metaphor)
The peoples will be burned to lime, as thornbushes are cut down and are burned
This compares how the peoples' dead bodies will be burned to the way thornbushes are burned. Also, this can be stated in active form. AT: "Fire will burn the peoples' bodies to lime in the same way that a farmer cuts down thornbushes and burns them" (See: Simile and Active or Passive)
lime
the ashes from burned bones
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