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14 Sinners are afraid in Zion;
    trembling has seized the godless:
“Who of us can live[a] with devouring fire?
    Who of us can live[b] with everlasting consuming hearths?”
15 He who walks in righteousness
    and speaks uprightness,
who rejects the gain of extortion,
    who refuses[c] a bribe,
who stops up his ears[d] from hearing bloodshed[e]
    and shuts his eyes from seeing evil.
16 That one will live on the heights;
    the fortresses of rocks will be his refuge.
His food will be given;
    his waters[f] will endure.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:14 Literally “dwell as an alien”
  2. Isaiah 33:14 Literally “dwell as an alien”
  3. Isaiah 33:15 Literally “shakes his hand from the taking of”
  4. Isaiah 33:15 Hebrew “ear”
  5. Isaiah 33:15 Literally “blood”
  6. Isaiah 33:16 Hebrew “water”

14 The sinners(A) in Zion are terrified;
    trembling(B) grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?(C)
    Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
15 Those who walk righteously(D)
    and speak what is right,(E)
who reject gain from extortion(F)
    and keep their hands from accepting bribes,(G)
who stop their ears against plots of murder
    and shut their eyes(H) against contemplating evil—
16 they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,(I)
    whose refuge(J) will be the mountain fortress.(K)
Their bread will be supplied,
    and water will not fail(L) them.

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