Isaiah 33:13-24

New King James Version

¹³Hear, ^(A)you who are afar off, what I have done;
And you who are near, acknowledge My might.”

¹⁴The sinners in Zion are afraid;
Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:
“Who among us shall dwell with the devouring ^(B)fire?
Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”
¹⁵He who ^(C)walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
He who despises the gain of oppressions,
Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes,
Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed,
And ^(D)shuts his eyes from seeing evil:
¹⁶He will dwell on ^[a]high;
His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks;
Bread will be given him,
His water will be sure.

The Land of the Majestic King

¹⁷Your eyes will see the King in His ^(E)beauty;
They will see the land that is very far off.
¹⁸Your heart will meditate on terror:
^(F)“Where is the scribe?
Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?”
¹⁹^(G)You will not see a fierce people,
^(H)A people of obscure speech, beyond perception,
Of a ^[b]stammering tongue that you cannot understand.

²⁰^(I)Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see ^(J)Jerusalem, a quiet home,
A tabernacle that will not be taken down;
^(K)Not one of ^(L)its stakes will ever be removed,
Nor will any of its cords be broken.
²¹But there the majestic Lord will be for us
A place of broad rivers and streams,
In which no ^[c]galley with oars will sail,
Nor majestic ships pass by
²²(For the Lord is our ^(M)Judge,
The Lord is our ^(N)Lawgiver,
^(O)The Lord is our King;
He will save us);
²³Your tackle is loosed,
They could not strengthen their mast,
They could not spread the sail.

Then the prey of great plunder is divided;
The lame take the prey.
²⁴And the inhabitant will not say, “I am sick”;
^(P)The people who dwell in it will be forgiven their iniquity.

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