Isaiah 33:17-24

International Standard Version

¹⁷ “Your eyes will see the king in his elegance,
    and will view a land that stretches afar.
¹⁸ Your mind will ponder at that time of terror:
    ‘Where is the king’s accountant?
Where is the one who weighed the revenue?
    Where is the officer who supervises^[a] the towers?’
¹⁹ No longer will you^[b] see those arrogant people,
    those people with their obscure speech you cannot comprehend,
    stammering in a language you cannot understand.

²⁰ “Look at Zion, city of our festivals!^[c]
    Your eyes will see Jerusalem,
        an undisturbed abode, an immovable tent;
its stakes will never be pulled up,
    nor will any of its ropes be broken.
²¹ But there the Lord in majesty will be for us
    our source^[d] of broad rivers and streams,
where no galley with oars can go,
    where no stately ship can sail.
²² For the Lord is our judge,
    and the Lord is our lawgiver;
and the Lord is our king,
    and it is he who will save us.

²³ “Your rigging hangs loose;
    it cannot reliably^[e] hold the mast in its place,
        and the sail cannot spread out.^[f]
Then an abundance of spoils will be divided —
    even the lame will carry off plunder.
²⁴ And no one living there will say, ‘I am ill.’
    The people living there will have their sins forgiven.”