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Isaiah 33:17-24
The Message
Isaiah 33:17-24
The Message
God Makes All the Decisions Here
17-19 Oh, you’ll see the king—a beautiful sight!
And you’ll take in the wide vistas of land.
In your mind you’ll go over the old terrors:
“What happened to that Assyrian inspector who condemned and confiscated?
And the one who gouged us of taxes?
And that cheating moneychanger?”
Gone! Out of sight forever! Their insolence
nothing now but a fading stain on the carpet!
No more putting up with a language you can’t understand,
no more sounds of gibberish in your ears.
20-22 Just take a look at Zion, will you?
Centering our worship in festival feasts!
Feast your eyes on Jerusalem,
a quiet and permanent place to live.
No more pulling up stakes and moving on,
no more patched-together lean-tos.
Instead, God! God majestic, God himself the place
in a country of broad rivers and streams,
But rivers blocked to invading ships,
off-limits to predatory pirates.
For God makes all the decisions here. God is our king.
God runs this place and he’ll keep us safe.
23 Ha! Your sails are in shreds,
your mast wobbling,
your hold leaking.
The plunder is free for the taking, free for all—
for weak and strong, insiders and outsiders.
24 No one in Zion will say, “I’m sick.”
Best of all, they’ll all live guilt-free.
Isaiah 33:17-24
New International Version
Isaiah 33:17-24
New International Version
17 Your eyes will see the king(A) in his beauty(B)
and view a land that stretches afar.(C)
18 In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:(D)
“Where is that chief officer?
Where is the one who took the revenue?
Where is the officer in charge of the towers?(E)”
19 You will see those arrogant people(F) no more,
people whose speech is obscure,
whose language is strange and incomprehensible.(G)
20 Look on Zion,(H) the city of our festivals;
your eyes will see Jerusalem,
a peaceful abode,(I) a tent(J) that will not be moved;(K)
its stakes will never be pulled up,
nor any of its ropes broken.
21 There the Lord will be our Mighty(L) One.
It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.(M)
No galley with oars will ride them,
no mighty ship(N) will sail them.
22 For the Lord is our judge,(O)
the Lord is our lawgiver,(P)
the Lord is our king;(Q)
it is he who will save(R) us.
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