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MTmss read you whom ">a</a></span> people have not betrayed!</p> <p class="poetry2">When you have sunk so low in<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:1 So 1QIsaa; MT reads stopped">b</a></span> destroying others,</p> <p class="poetry2">you will be destroyed;</p> <p class="poetry2">and when you have finished betraying,</p> <p class="poetry2">they will betray you.”</p> <p class="heading">A Prayer for Grace</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you;</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:2 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks and">c</a></span> be our strength<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:2 Lit. arm">d</a></span> every morning,</p> <p class="poetry2">our salvation in times of trouble.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>At the thunder of your voice, the peoples flee;</p> <p class="poetry2">at your silence,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:3 So 1QIsaa; MT reads when you rise up; LXX reads from fear of you">e</a></span> the nations scatter.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Your plunder is gathered as when grasshoppers gather;</p> <p class="poetry2">just like<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:4 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks just like">f</a></span> locusts pounce, people have pounced<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads people pounce">g</a></span> on it.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“The LORD is exalted, for he lives on high;</p> <p class="poetry2">he has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He will be a sure foundation for your times,</p> <p class="poetry2">abundance and salvation,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:6 So 1QIsaa; MT reads of salvation">h</a></span> wisdom and knowledge —</p> <p class="poetry2">the fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.”</p> <p class="heading">Israel’s Unenviable Plight</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Listen! Their brave men cry out in the streets;</p> <p class="poetry2">the envoys of peace weep bitterly.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The highways are deserted;</p> <p class="poetry2">travelers have quit the road.</p> <p class="poetry2">The enemy<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:8 Lit. He">i</a></span> has broken treaties;</p> <p class="poetry2">he despises their witnesses,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:8 So 1QIsaa; MT reads cities">j</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and respects no one.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The land mourns and wastes away;</p> <p class="poetry2">Lebanon feels ashamed and withers.</p> <p class="poetry2">Sharon is like a desert;</p> <p class="poetry2">Bashan<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and Bashan">k</a></span> and Carmel shake off their leaves.”</p> <p class="heading">God is Exalted</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Now I’ll rise up,” the LORD has said,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:10 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read says the LORD">l</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">“now I’ll exalt myself;</p> <p class="poetry2">now I’ll be lifted up.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You conceive dried grass, you give birth to stubble;</p> <p class="poetry2">your breath is a fire that will consume you.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And the peoples will be burned as if to ashes;</p> <p class="poetry2">like cut thorn bushes, they will be set ablaze.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Those who are far away have heard<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:13 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX; MT reads You who are far away, hear">m</a></span> what I’ve done;</p> <p class="poetry2">and those that are near have acknowledged<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:13 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads you that are near, acknowledge">n</a></span> my power.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The sinners in Zion are terrified;</p> <p class="poetry2">trembling grips the godless:</p> <p class="poetry2">“Who among us can live with the consuming fire?</p> <p class="poetry2">Who among us can live with everlasting flames?”</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The one who walks righteously and has spoken<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:15 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and who speaks">o</a></span> sincere words,</p> <p class="poetry2">who rejects gain from extortion</p> <p class="poetry2">and waves his hand,</p> <p class="poetry2">rejecting bribes,</p> <p class="poetry2">who blocks his ears from hearing plots of murder</p> <p class="poetry2">and shuts his eyes against seeing evil—</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>this is the one who will live on the heights;</p> <p class="poetry2">his refuge will be a mountain fortress.</p> <p class="poetry2">His food will be supplied,</p> <p class="poetry2">and his water will be guaranteed.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Your eyes will see the king in his elegance,</p> <p class="poetry2">and will view a land that stretches afar.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Your mind will ponder at that time of terror:</p> <p class="poetry2">‘Where is the king’s accountant?</p> <p class="poetry2">Where is the one who weighed the revenue?</p> <p class="poetry2">Where is the officer who supervises<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:18 Lit. counts">p</a></span> the towers?’</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>No longer will you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:19 So 1QIsaa (pl.); MT (sing.)">q</a></span> see those arrogant people,</p> <p class="poetry2">those people with their obscure speech you cannot comprehend,</p> <p class="poetry2">stammering in a language you cannot understand.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Look at Zion, city of our festivals!<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:20 So 1QIsaa MTmss; MT reads our festival">r</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Your eyes will see Jerusalem,</p> <p class="poetry2">an undisturbed abode, an immovable tent;</p> <p class="poetry2">its stakes will never be pulled up,</p> <p class="poetry2">nor will any of its ropes be broken.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But there the LORD in majesty will be for us</p> <p class="poetry2">our source<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:21 Lit. us a place">s</a></span> of broad rivers and streams,</p> <p class="poetry2">where no galley with oars can go,</p> <p class="poetry2">where no stately ship can sail.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For the LORD is our judge,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the LORD is our lawgiver;</p> <p class="poetry2">and the LORD is our king,</p> <p class="poetry2">and it is he who will save us.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“Your rigging hangs loose;</p> <p class="poetry2">it cannot reliably<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:23 So 1QIsaa; MT reads firmly">t</a></span> hold the mast in its place,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the sail cannot spread out.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="33:23 So 1QIsaa; MT reads they cannot spread the sail">u</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Then an abundance of spoils will be divided —</p> <p class="poetry2">even the lame will carry off plunder.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/33-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And no one living there will say, ‘I am ill.’</p> <p class="poetry2">The people living there will have their sins forgiven.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 33:1 So 1QIsaa MT; MTmss read <i>you whom</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 33:1 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>stopped</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 33:2 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 33:2 Lit.<i> arm</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 33:3 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>when you rise up</i>; LXX reads <i>from fear of you</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 33:4 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks <i>just like</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 33:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>people pounce</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 33:6 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>of salvation</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 33:8 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 33:8 So 1QIsaa; MT reads<i> cities</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 33:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>and Bashan</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 33:10 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>says the</i> LORD<br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 33:13 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX; MT reads <i>You who are far away, hear</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 33:13 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>you that are near, acknowledge</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 33:15 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>and who speaks</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 33:18 Lit. <i>counts</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 33:19 So 1QIsaa (pl.); MT (sing.)<br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 33:20 So 1QIsaa MTmss; MT reads <i>our festival</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 33:21 Lit. <i>us a place</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 33:23 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>firmly</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 33:23 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>they cannot spread the sail</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/32.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 32"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 32" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/34.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 34"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 34" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/isaiah/33-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>