Isaiah 33 · Verse 24

Isaiah 33:24

And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
Isaiah 33:24, King James Version

Isaiah 33:24 in other translations

BSBAnd no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
WEBThe inhabitant won’t say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.
ASVAnd the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
YLTNor doth an inhabitant say, ‘I was sick,' The people that is dwelling in it, is forgiven of iniquity!
DARBYAnd the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
BBEAnd the men of Zion will not say, I am ill: for its people will have forgiveness for their sin.
WebsterAnd the inhabitants shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

What does Isaiah 33:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. sick--Smith thinks the allusion is to the beginning of the pestilence by which the Assyrians were destroyed, and which, while sparing the righteous, affected some within the city ("sinners in Zion"); it may have been the sickness that visited Hezekiah (Is 38:1-22). In the Jerusalem to come there shall be no "sickness," because there will be no "iniquity," it being forgiven (Psa 103:3). The latter clause of the verse contains the cause of the former (Mr 2:5-9).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 And the inhabitant shall not say - This verse is somewhat obscure. The meaning of it seems to be, that the army of Sennacherib shall by the stroke of God be reduced to so shattered and so weak a condition, that the Jews shall fall upon the remains of them, and plunder them without resistance; that the most infirm and disabled of the people of Jerusalem shall come in for their share of the spoil; the lame shall seize the prey; even the sick and the diseased shall throw aside their infirmities, and recover strength enough to hasten to the general plunder. See above. The last line of the verse is parallel to the first, and expresses the same sense in other words. Sickness being considered as a visitation from God. a punishment of sin; the forgiveness of sin is equivalent to the removal of a disease. Thus the psalmist: - "Who forgiveth all thy sin; And healeth all thine infirmities." Psa 103:3. Where the latter line only varies the expression of the former. And our blessed Savior reasons with the Jews on the same principle: "Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?" Mar 2:9. See also Mat 8:17; Isa 53:4. Qui locus Isaiae, 1Pet 2:24, refertur ad remissionem peccatorum: hic vero ad sanationem morborum, quia ejusdem potentiae et bonitatis est utrumque praestare; et, quia peccatis remissis, et morbi, qui fructus sunt peccatorum, pelluntur. "Which passage of Isaiah has reference, in 1Pet 2:24, to the remission of sins, and here to the healing of diseases, because both are effects of the same power and goodness; and because with the remission of sins was associated the removal of disorders, the fruits of sin." - Wetstein on Mat 8:17. That this prophecy was exactly fulfilled, I think we may gather from the history of this great event given by the prophet himself. It is plain that Hezekiah, by his treaty with Sennacherib, by which he agreed to pay him three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold, had stripped himself of his whole treasure. He not only gave him all the silver and gold that was in his own treasury and in that of the temple, but was even forced to cut off the gold from the doors of the temple and from the pillars, with which he had himself overlaid them, to satisfy the demands of the king of Assyria: but after the destruction of the Assyrian army, we find that he "had exceeding much riches, and that he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, "etc.2Chr 32:27. He was so rich, that out of pride and vanity he displayed his wealth to the ambassadors from Babylon. This cannot be otherwise accounted for, than by the prodigious spoil that was taken on the destruction of the Assyrian army. - L. And thus, in the providence of God, he had the wealth which was exacted from him restored.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 33:15-24

The true believer watches against all occasions of sin. The Divine power will keep him safe, and his faith in that power will keep him easy. He shall want nothing needful for him. Every blessing of salvation is freely bestowed on all that ask with humble, believing prayer; and the believer is safe in time and for ever. Those that walk uprightly shall not only have bread given, and their water sure, but they shall…

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Isaiah 33:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבַל\־u.val-and notH1077
יֹאמַ֥רyo.Marhe will sayH559
שָׁכֵ֖ןsha.Khenan inhabitantH7934
חָלִ֑יתִיcha.Li.tiI am sickH2470
הָעָ֛םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
הַיֹּשֵׁ֥בhai.yo.Shevwhich dwellsH3427
בָּ֖הּbahin it
נְשֻׂ֥אne.Su'[will be] forgiven ofH5375
עָוֹֽן\׃'a.VoniniquityH5771

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Cross references for Isaiah 33:24

  • Jeremiah 50:20

    In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.

  • Revelation 21:4

    And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

  • Exodus 15:26

    And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.

  • 1 John 1:7-9

    But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

  • Isaiah 58:8

    Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.

  • Jeremiah 33:6-8

    Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.

  • James 5:14

    Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

  • Isaiah 44:22

    I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

  • Deuteronomy 7:15

    And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

  • Micah 7:18-19

    Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

  • Isaiah 30:26

    Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:20

    And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the inhabitant.
58:8; Ex 15:26; De 7:15; 28:27; 2Ch 30:20; Jer 33:6-8; Jas 5:14
Re 21:4; 22:2
shall be forgiven.
44:22; Jer 50:20; Mic 7:18,19; 1Jo 1:7-9

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Context

  • Isaiah 33:23

    Thy 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.

  • Isaiah 33:24

    And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

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Isaiah 33:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No dirá el morador: Estoy enfermo: el pueblo que morare en ella será absuelto de pecado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et l’habitant ne dira pas: Je suis malade; l’iniquité du peuple qui demeure là sera pardonnée.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und kein Einwohner wird sagen: Ich bin schwach. Dem Volke, das darin wohnt, wird die Missetat vergeben sein. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nec dicet vicinus: Elangui; populus qui habitat in ea, auferetur ab eo iniquitas.