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Isaiah 33:3–5

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At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
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From verse 3

  1. Isaiah 10:13–14Rank 1 from verse 3
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    13For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

    14And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

  2. Isaiah 10:32–34Rank 2 from verse 3
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    32As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

    33Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.

    34And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

  3. Isaiah 17:12–14Rank 3 from verse 3
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    12¶ Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

    13The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

    14And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

  4. Isaiah 37:11–18Rank 4 from verse 3
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    11Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?

    12Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?

    13Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?

    14¶ And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

    15And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying,

    16O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.

    17Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.

    18Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,

  5. Isaiah 59:16–18Rank 5 from verse 3
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    16¶ And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

    17For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

    18According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

  6. Psalms 46:6Rank 6 from verse 3
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    6The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

  7. Isaiah 37:29–36Rank 7 from verse 3
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    29Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

    30And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

    31And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

    32For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.

    33Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.

    34By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.

    35For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

    36Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

From verse 4

  1. 2 Chronicles 14:13Rank 1 from verse 4
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    13And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the Lord, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.

  2. 2 Chronicles 20:25Rank 2 from verse 4
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    25And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.

  3. Isaiah 33:23Rank 3 from verse 4
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    23Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

  4. Joel 2:25Rank 4 from verse 4
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    25And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

  5. Joel 2:9Rank 5 from verse 4
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    9They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

  6. 2 Kings 7:15–16Rank 6 from verse 4
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    15And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

    16And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord.

From verse 5

  1. Isaiah 2:17Rank 1 from verse 5
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    17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

  2. Daniel 4:37Rank 2 from verse 5
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    37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

  3. Ephesians 1:20–21Rank 3 from verse 5
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    20Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

    21Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

  4. Isaiah 32:15–18Rank 4 from verse 5
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    15Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

    16Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

    17And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

    18And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

  5. Revelation 19:2–6Rank 5 from verse 5
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    2For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

    3And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

    4And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

    5And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.

    6And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

  6. Romans 11:26Rank 6 from verse 5
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    26And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

  7. 2 Chronicles 31:20–21Rank 7 from verse 5
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    20¶ And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the Lord his God.

    21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

  8. Exodus 15:1Rank 8 from verse 5
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    1THEN sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

  9. Exodus 15:6Rank 9 from verse 5
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    6Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

  10. Exodus 18:11Rank 10 from verse 5
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    11Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

  11. Exodus 9:16–17Rank 11 from verse 5
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    16And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

    17As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

  12. Isaiah 1:26–27Rank 12 from verse 5
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    26And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

    27Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

  13. Isaiah 12:4Rank 13 from verse 5
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    4And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.

  14. Isaiah 2:11Rank 14 from verse 5
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    11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

  15. Isaiah 28:6Rank 15 from verse 5
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    6And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

  16. Isaiah 32:1Rank 16 from verse 5
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    1BEHOLD, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

  17. Isaiah 33:10Rank 17 from verse 5
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    10Now will I rise, saith the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.

  18. Isaiah 37:20Rank 18 from verse 5
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    20Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only.

  19. Isaiah 4:2–4Rank 19 from verse 5
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    2In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.

    3And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:

    4When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

  20. Isaiah 54:11–14Rank 20 from verse 5
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    11¶ O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

    12And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

    13And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

    14In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

  21. Isaiah 57:15Rank 21 from verse 5
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    15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

  22. Isaiah 60:21Rank 22 from verse 5
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    21Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

  23. Isaiah 61:11–1Rank 23 from verse 5
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  24. Isaiah 61:3Rank 24 from verse 5
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    3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

  25. Isaiah 66:1Rank 25 from verse 5
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    1THUS saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

  26. Job 40:9–14Rank 26 from verse 5
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    9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

    10Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

    11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

    12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

    13Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

    14Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

  27. Psalms 113:5–6Rank 27 from verse 5
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    5Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,

    6Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

  28. Psalms 115:1–2Rank 28 from verse 5
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    1NOT unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.

    2Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?

  29. Psalms 118:16Rank 29 from verse 5
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    16The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.

  30. Psalms 123:1Rank 30 from verse 5
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    1UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

  31. Psalms 21:11–13Rank 31 from verse 5
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    11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

    12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

    13Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

  32. Psalms 46:9–10Rank 32 from verse 5
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    9He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

    10Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

  33. Psalms 97:8–9Rank 33 from verse 5
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    8Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O Lord.

    9For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.

  34. Romans 3:26Rank 34 from verse 5
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    26To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

  35. Isaiah 52:1Rank 35 from verse 5
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    1AWAKE, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

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Isaiah 33:3

COMBINED MEANING

noise

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Sense 1: An audible sound or collection of sounds. Sense 2: Figuratively, loud but ineffectual report or display. Sense 3: To spread by report.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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fled

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Past-tense or past-participial form of flee (to run or hasten away, especially from danger or expected evil).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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lifting

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of lift. Sense 1: To raise, bear up, or elevate physically. Sense 2: To direct upward or raise in expression, as the eyes, hands, voice, soul, prayer, or countenance. Sense 3: To exalt, restore, strengthen, or raise in condition or honour. Sense 4: To raise or wield against, as a hand, tool, weapon, or standard. Sense 5: In lift from off, to remove or take away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

nations

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Sense 1: Distinct peoples or political communities. Sense 2: The Gentile peoples as distinguished from Israel.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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scattered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of scatter, meaning to disperse, spread abroad, separate, drive away, divide, cast in different directions, or cause persons, peoples, seed, goods, or forces no longer to remain gathered.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Isaiah 33:4

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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spoil

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Sense 1: Goods or captives taken from an enemy. Sense 2: As a verb, to plunder, rob, strip, ruin, or deprive of what is possessed.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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gathered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gather, meaning to collect, bring together, or assemble.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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like

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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

running

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That which runs or flows; the act of running or passing with speed; the discharge of an ulcer or other sore.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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fro

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Away or back in the opposite direction, chiefly in the phrase to and fro, meaning repeatedly this way and that, back and forth, or from place to place.

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COMBINED MEANING

run

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To move swiftly on foot; to flow, spread, proceed, continue, or carry out a course.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

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Isaiah 33:5

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exalted

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Raised, lifted up, set on high, promoted, honoured, magnified, praised, or increased in position, power, safety, expression, or estimation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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high

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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

filled

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of fill. Sense 1: To make full or occupy capacity. Sense 2: To satisfy. Sense 3: To occupy. Sense 4: To complete what is lacking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

judgment

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The act, authority, process, cause, or result of judging; discernment, legal hearing, verdict, ordinance, justice, government, vindication, condemnation, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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33:2O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

33:3At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

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33:4And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

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33:5The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.

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33:6And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

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