16 But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God [1] that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

Other Translations of Isaiah 5:16

New International Version

16 But the Lord Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will be proved holy by his righteous acts.

English Standard Version

16 But the Lord of hosts is exaltedHebrew high in justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.

The Message

16 But by working justice, God-of-the-Angel-Armies will be a mountain. By working righteousness, Holy God will show what "holy" is.

New King James Version

16 But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.

New Living Translation

16 But the Lord of Heaven's Armies will be exalted by his justice. The holiness of God will be displayed by his righteousness.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 5:16

Commentary on Isaiah 5:8-23

(Read Isaiah 5:8-23)

Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. Not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purchase another; but the fault is, that they never know when they have enough. Covetousness is idolatry; and while many envy the prosperous, wretched man, the Lord denounces awful woes upon him. How applicable to many among us! God has many ways to empty the most populous cities. Those who set their hearts upon the world, will justly be disappointed. Here is woe to those who dote upon the pleasures and the delights of sense. The use of music is lawful; but when it draws away the heart from God, then it becomes a sin to us. God's judgments have seized them, but they will not disturb themselves in their pleasures. The judgments are declared. Let a man be ever so high, death will bring him low; ever so mean, death will bring him lower. The fruit of these judgments shall be, that God will be glorified as a God of power. Also, as a God that is holy; he shall be owned and declared to be so, in the righteous punishment of proud men. Those are in a woful condition who set up sin, and who exert themselves to gratify their base lusts. They are daring in sin, and walk after their own lusts; it is in scorn that they call God the Holy One of Israel. They confound and overthrow distinctions between good and evil. They prefer their own reasonings to Divine revelations; their own devices to the counsels and commands of God. They deem it prudent and politic to continue profitable sins, and to neglect self-denying duties. Also, how light soever men make of drunkenness, it is a sin which lays open to the wrath and curse of God. Their judges perverted justice. Every sin needs some other to conceal it.