Isaiah 33:21
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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.

the glorious

Psalm 29:3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of majesty hath thundered, The Lord is upon many waters.

Acts 7:2 Who said: Ye men, brethren and fathers, hear. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charan.

2 Corinthians 4:4-6 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine unto them. . . .

a place

Psalm 46:4,5 The stream of the river maketh the city of God joyful: the most High hath sanctified his own tabernacle. . . .

broad rivers and streams.

Context
The LORD is Exalted
20Look upon Sion the city of our solemnity: thy eyes shall see Jerusalem, a rich habitation, a tabernacle that cannot be removed: neither shall the nails thereof be taken away for ever, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. 21Because 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.22For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king: he will save us.…
Cross References
Isaiah 33:17
His eyes shall see the king in his beauty, they shall see the land far off.

Isaiah 41:18
I will open rivers in the high hills, and fountains in the midst of the plains: I will turn the desert into pools of waters, and the impassable land into streams of waters.

Isaiah 43:19
Behold I do new things, and now they shall spring forth, verily you shall know them: I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 43:20
The beast of the field shall glorify me, the dragons and the ostriches: because I have given waters in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, to my chosen.

Isaiah 48:18
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments: thy peace had been as a river, and thy justice as the waves of the sea,

Isaiah 66:12
For thus saith the Lord: Behold I will bring upon her as it were a river of peace, and as an overflowing torrent the glory of the Gentiles, which you shall suck; you shall be carried at the breasts, and upon the knees they shall caress you.

Lexicon
But
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

there
שָׁ֞ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

the Majestic One,
אַדִּ֤יר (’ad·dîr)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 117: Wide, large, powerful

our LORD,
יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

[will be] for us
לָ֔נוּ (lā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew

a place
מְקוֹם־ (mə·qō·wm-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

of rivers
נְהָרִ֥ים (nə·hā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5104: A stream, prosperity

and wide
רַחֲבֵ֣י (ra·ḥă·ḇê)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7342: Wide, broad

canals,
יְאֹרִ֖ים (yə·’ō·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2975: Nile -- a channel, a fosse, canal, shaft, the Nile, the Tigris

where no
בַּל־ (bal-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 1077: A failure, nothing, not at all, lest

galley
אֳנִי־ (’o·nî-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 590: Ships, a fleet

with oars
שַׁ֔יִט (ša·yiṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7885: An oar, a, scourge

will go,
תֵּ֤לֶךְ (tê·leḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

and majestic
אַדִּ֖יר (’ad·dîr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 117: Wide, large, powerful

vessels
וְצִ֥י (wə·ṣî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6716: A ship

will not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

pass.
יַעַבְרֶֽנּוּ׃ (ya·‘aḇ·ren·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on


Additional Translations
But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will go, and majestic vessels will not pass.But there the glorious LORD will be to us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

But there Jehovah will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

for the name of the Lord is great to you: ye shall have a place, even rivers and wide and spacious channels: thou shalt not go this way, neither a vessel with oars go thereby.

but there Jehovah is unto us glorious, -- a place of rivers, of broad streams: no galley with oars shall go there, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

But there the LORD will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

But there the glorious LORD will be to us a place of broad rivers and streams; in which shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass through it.

But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there.

But there mighty is Jehovah for us, A place of rivers -- streams broad of sides, No ship with oars doth go into it, And a mighty ship doth not pass over it.
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