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“NowI will rise,” says the Lord; “Now I will be exalted, Now I will lift Myself up.
Isaiah 33:10 · New King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB “Now I will arise,” says Yahweh; “Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted.
  • KJV Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
  • BSB “Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
  • NASB “Now I will arise,” says the Lord, “Now I will be exalted, now I will be lifted up.
  • NLT But the Lord says: “Now I will stand up. Now I will show my power and might.

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Quick answer

God declares that now is the time he will rise up, act, and be exalted in delivering his people.

Overview

After describing the despair, Yahweh announces a decisive turning point: he will arise to judge the oppressor and rescue Judah. The threefold 'now' stresses that deliverance comes at God's chosen moment, not by human effort. God's self-exaltation in saving his people is a pattern fulfilled supremely at the cross and resurrection, where he is glorified in redeeming sinners.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 16

  • Ps 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.”
  • Ps 102:13–18You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.
  • Amos 6:1Woe 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!
  • Isa 30:17–18One 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.
  • Isa 42:13–14Yahweh 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.
  • Isa 59:16–17He 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.
  • Ps 78:65Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
  • Deut 32:36–43For 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.
  • Exod 15:9–12The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire shall be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.’
  • Zeph 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.
  • Ps 7:6Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
  • Exod 14:18The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.”
  • Isa 10:33Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will lop the boughs with terror. The tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.
  • Ps 46:10“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”
  • Isa 10:16Therefore 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.
  • Isa 2:21To 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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Christ at the center

Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).

How Isaiah 33:10 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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