Isaiah 33:15-24

English Standard Version

¹⁵^(A)He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
    who despises the gain of oppressions,
who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe,
    who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed
    ^(B)and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
¹⁶he will dwell on the heights;
    his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks;
    ^(C)his bread will be given him; his water will be sure.

¹⁷^(D)Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty;
    ^(E)they will see a land that stretches afar.
¹⁸^(F)Your heart will muse on the terror:
    “Where is he who counted, where is ^(G)he who weighed the tribute?
    Where is ^(H)he who counted the towers?”
¹⁹^(I)You will see no more the insolent people,
    the people ^(J)of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend,
    stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand.
²⁰Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts!
    ^(K)Your eyes will see Jerusalem,
    an untroubled habitation, an ^(L)immovable tent,
whose stakes will never be plucked up,
    nor will any of its cords be broken.
²¹But there the Lord in majesty will be for us
    a place of ^(M)broad rivers and streams,
^(N)where no galley with oars can go,
    nor majestic ship can pass.
²²For the Lord is our ^(O)judge; the Lord is our ^(P)lawgiver;
    the Lord is our ^(Q)king; he will save us.

²³Your cords hang loose;
    they cannot hold the mast firm in its place
    or keep the sail spread out.
^(R)Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided;
    even ^(S)the lame will take the prey.
²⁴And no inhabitant will say, ^(T)“I am sick”;
    ^(U)the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.