Add parallel Print Page Options

16 they will dwell on high.
Their defense will be a fortress on the cliffs.
Their bread will be provided.
    Their water supply will be reliable.

17 Your eyes will see the King[a] in his splendor.
They will see a land that stretches far and wide.
18 Your heart will think about the past terrors.
You will think, “Where is the one who took the inventory?[b]
Where is the one who weighed the silver?
Where is the one who counted the towers?”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:17 Or the king
  2. Isaiah 33:18 The verse apparently refers to the actions of the enemy officers as they plundered Jerusalem.

16 they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,(A)
    whose refuge(B) will be the mountain fortress.(C)
Their bread will be supplied,
    and water will not fail(D) them.

17 Your eyes will see the king(E) in his beauty(F)
    and view a land that stretches afar.(G)
18 In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:(H)
    “Where is that chief officer?
Where is the one who took the revenue?
    Where is the officer in charge of the towers?(I)

Read full chapter