Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:
“Who among us shall dwell with the devouring afire?
Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”
He who despises the gain of oppressions,
Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes,
Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed,
And bshuts his eyes from seeing evil:
His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks;
Bread will be given him,
His water will be sure.
The Land of the Majestic King
a“Where is the scribe?
Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?”
| << Isaiah 33:15 | Isaiah 33:17 >> |
Isaiah 33:16
He shall dwell on high - See the margin. Heights, or high places, were usually places of safety, being, inaccessible to an enemy. The sense here is, that such a man as is described in Isaiah 33:15, should be preserved from alarm and danger, as if his habitation were on a lofty cliff or rock. The particular and special meaning is, that he should be safe from the anger, wrath, and consuming fire, which the sinner and the hypocrite dreaded Isaiah 33:14.
The munitions of rocks - The literal translation of this place would be, ' The strongholds of the rocks shall be his lofty fortress' (compare the note at Isaiah 2:21).
Bread shall be given him - He shall be sustained, and his life shall be preserved.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Isaiah 33:16:
2 Samuel 7:15
Psalms 18:2
Psalms 34:9
1 Corinthians 3:22
1 Timothy 4:8
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