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Isaiah 5:16

but Yahweh of Armies is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    but Yahweh of Armies is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.

  • KJV King James Version

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

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    But the LORD of hosts is exalted through justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified through righteousness.

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Cross-references (26)

Passages linked to Isaiah 5:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 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.”
  • 1 Chronicles 29:11 Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.
  • Isaiah 12:4 In that day you will say, “Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted!
  • Isaiah 29:23 But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the middle of him, they will sanctify my name. Yes, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
  • Ezekiel 36:23 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh,” says the Lord Yahweh, “when I am proven holy in you before their eyes.
  • 1 Peter 2:15 For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
  • Isaiah 8:13 Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.
  • Isaiah 33:5 Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
  • Isaiah 57:15 For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
  • Ezekiel 38:23 I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.” ’
  • Revelation 3:7 “To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
  • Isaiah 2:17 The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the arrogance of men shall be brought low; and Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.
  • Psalms 21:13 Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.
  • Isaiah 6:3 One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”
  • Isaiah 28:17 I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.
  • Isaiah 61:8 “For I, Yahweh, love justice. I hate robbery and iniquity. I will give them their reward in truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
  • Revelation 4:8 The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”
  • Revelation 19:1-5 After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God; for his judgments are true and righteous. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.” A second said, “Hallelujah! Her smoke goes up forever and ever.” The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen! Hallelujah!” A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”
  • Leviticus 10:3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what Yahweh spoke of, saying, ‘I will show myself holy to those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” Aaron held his peace.
  • Psalms 9:16 Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands.
  • Isaiah 2:11 The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the arrogance of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.
  • Isaiah 30:18 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.
  • Revelation 15:3-4 They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations. Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”
  • Ezekiel 28:22 and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against you, Sidon. I will be glorified among you. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I have executed judgments in her, and am sanctified in her.
  • Romans 2:5 But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;
  • 1 Peter 1:16 because it is written, “You shall be holy; for I am holy.”

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 5:16 But the LORD of hosts shall be…

Isa 5:16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

Ver. 16. But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted.] See Isa 2:11.

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And God, that is holy, shall be sanctified.] He shall be religiously acknowledged, approved of, and worshipped as an enemy to sin, and an upright judge, because of his most righteous judgments. {a} It shall be said, "Certainly there is a God that ruleth in the earth." {Psa 58:11}

{a} Diod.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Shall be exalted in judgment, by the execution of…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Exalted - By the execution of this just judgment.…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Justice. All will be taught to adore him. (Haydock)
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain God shall be "exalted" in man's view, because of…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 16. The pomp of defiant man is humbled. But…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. God that is holy …] the Holy God…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16) Shall be sanctified.—Men had not recognised the holiness…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness;…
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 5:16 God’s kingship is by definition just and righteous,…

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