Isaiah 33:17
Good News Translation
Once again you will see a king ruling in splendor over a land that stretches in all directions.

New Revised Standard Version
Your eyes will see the king in his beauty; they will behold a land that stretches far away.

Contemporary English Version
With your own eyes you will see the glorious King; you will see his kingdom reaching far and wide.

New American Bible
Your eyes will see a king in his splendor, they will look upon a vast land.

Douay-Rheims Bible
His eyes shall see the king in his beauty, they shall see the land far off.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

His eyes shall see the king in his beauty, they shall see the land far off.

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Isaiah 32:1,2 Behold a king shall reign in justice, and princes shall rule in judgment. . . .

Isaiah 37:1 And it came to pass, when king Ezechias had heard it, that he rent his garments and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 32:23 Many also brought victims, and sacrifices to the Lord to Jerusalem, and presents to Ezechias king of Juda: and he was magnified thenceforth in the sight of all nations.

Psalm 45:2 Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips; therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.

Songs 5:10 My beloved is white and ruddy, chosen out of thousands.

Zechariah 9:17 For what is the good thing of him, and what is his beautiful thing, but the corn of the elect, and wine springing forth virgins?

Matthew 17:2 And he was transfigured before them. And his face did shine as the sun: and his garments became white as snow.

John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we saw his glory, the glory as it were of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth.

John 14:21 He that hath my commandments and keepeth them; he it is that loveth me. And he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father: and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.

John 17:24 Father, I will that where I am, they also whom thou hast given me may be with me: that they may see my glory which thou hast given me, because thou hast loved me before the creation of the world.

1 John 3:2 Dearly beloved, we are now the sons of God: and it hath not yet appeared what we shall be. We know that when he shall appear we shall be like to him: because we shall see him as he is.

that is very far off.

Psalm 31:8 And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.

2 Corinthians 4:18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal: but the things which are not seen, are eternal.

Hebrews 11:13-15 All these died according to faith, not having received the promises but beholding them afar off and saluting them and confessing that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth. . . .

Context
The LORD is Exalted
16He shall dwell on high, the fortifications of rocks shall be his highness: bread is given him, his waters are sure. 17His eyes shall see the king in his beauty, they shall see the land far off.18Thy heart shall meditate fear: where is the learned? where is he that pondered the words of the law? where is the teacher of little ones?…
Cross References
Isaiah 6:5
And I said: Woe is me, because I have held my peace; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people that hath unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 24:23
And the moon shall blush, and the sun shall be ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, and shall be glorified in the sight of his ancients.

Isaiah 26:15
Thou hast been favourable to the nation, O Lord, thou hast been favourable to the nation: art thou glorified? thou hast removed all the ends of the earth far off.

Isaiah 33:21
Because only there our Lord is magnificent: a place of rivers, very broad and spacious streams: no ship with oars shall pass by it, neither shall the great galley pass through it.

Isaiah 33:22
For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king: he will save us.

Zechariah 9:17
For what is the good thing of him, and what is his beautiful thing, but the corn of the elect, and wine springing forth virgins?

Isaiah 33:16
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