Isaiah 33:10-16
New Living Translation
10 But the Lord says: “Now I will stand up.
Now I will show my power and might.
11 You Assyrians produce nothing but dry grass and stubble.
Your own breath will turn to fire and consume you.
12 Your people will be burned up completely,
like thornbushes cut down and tossed in a fire.
13 Listen to what I have done, you nations far away!
And you that are near, acknowledge my might!”
14 The sinners in Jerusalem shake with fear.
Terror seizes the godless.
“Who can live with this devouring fire?” they cry.
“Who can survive this all-consuming fire?”
15 Those who are honest and fair,
who refuse to profit by fraud,
who stay far away from bribes,
who refuse to listen to those who plot murder,
who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong—
16 these are the ones who will dwell on high.
The rocks of the mountains will be their fortress.
Food will be supplied to them,
and they will have water in abundance.
Isaiah 33:10-16
New English Translation
10 “Now I will rise up,” says the Lord.
“Now I will exalt myself;
now I will magnify myself.[a]
11 You conceive straw,[b]
you give birth to chaff;
your breath is a fire that destroys you.[c]
12 The nations will be burned to ashes;[d]
like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire.
13 You who are far away, listen to what I have done!
You who are close by, recognize my strength.”
14 Sinners are afraid in Zion;
panic[e] grips the godless.[f]
They say,[g] “Who among us can coexist with destructive fire?
Who among us can coexist with unquenchable[h] fire?”
15 The one who lives[i] uprightly[j]
and speaks honestly;
the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures
and rejects a bribe;[k]
the one who does not plot violent crimes[l]
and does not seek to harm others[m]—
16 this is the person who will live in a secure place;[n]
he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds;[o]
he will have food
and a constant supply of water.
Notas al pie
- Isaiah 33:10 tn Or “lift myself up” (KJV); NLT “show my power and might.”
- Isaiah 33:11 tn The second person verb and pronominal forms in this verse are plural. The hostile nations are the addressed, as the next verse makes clear.
- Isaiah 33:11 sn The hostile nations’ plans to destroy God’s people will come to nothing; their hostility will end up being self-destructive.
- Isaiah 33:12 tn Heb “will be a burning to lime.” See Amos 2:1.
- Isaiah 33:14 tn Or “trembling” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “shake with fear.”
- Isaiah 33:14 tn Or “the defiled”; TEV “The sinful people of Zion”; NLT “The sinners in Jerusalem.”
- Isaiah 33:14 tn The words “they say” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
- Isaiah 33:14 tn Or “perpetual”; or “everlasting” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).
- Isaiah 33:15 tn Heb “walks” (so NASB, NIV).
- Isaiah 33:15 tn Or, possibly, “justly”; NAB “who practices virtue.”
- Isaiah 33:15 tn Heb “[who] shakes off his hands from grabbing hold of a bribe.”
- Isaiah 33:15 tn Heb “[who] shuts his ear from listening to bloodshed.”
- Isaiah 33:15 tn Heb “[who] closes his eyes from seeing evil.”
- Isaiah 33:16 tn Heb “he [in the] exalted places will live.”
- Isaiah 33:16 tn Heb “mountain strongholds, cliffs [will be] his elevated place.”
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