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21 Indeed the Lord in majesty will be there for us
    a place of rivers and wide streams
    on which no galley may go,
    where no majestic ship[a] may pass.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 33:21–23 Galley…majestic ship: of a foreign oppressor. Though the broad streams of the future Jerusalem will make it accessible by boat, no foreign invader will succeed in a naval attack on the city, for the Lord will protect it, the enemy fleet will be disabled, and even the weakest inhabitants will gather much plunder from the defeated enemy.

21 But there the Lord in majesty will be for us
    a place of broad rivers and streams,
where no galley with oars can go,
    nor stately ship can pass.

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21 The Lord will show us his glory. We will live beside broad rivers and streams, but hostile ships will not sail on them.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 33:21 Verse 21 in Hebrew is unclear.

21 But there the majestic One, the Lord, will be for us
A place of (A)rivers and wide canals
On which no boat with oars will go,
And on which no mighty ship will pass—

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21 There the Lord will be our Mighty(A) One.
    It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.(B)
No galley with oars will ride them,
    no mighty ship(C) will sail them.

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