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.

23 Your rigging hangs loose:
    The mast is not held secure,
    the sail is not spread.
Then an abundance of spoils will be divided
    and even the lame(S) will carry off plunder.(T)
24 No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”;(U)
    and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.(V)

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The Land of the Majestic King

17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty;
    they will behold a land that stretches far away.
18 Your mind will muse on the terror:
    “Where is the one who counted?
    Where is the one who weighed the tribute?
    Where is the one who counted the towers?”(A)
19 No longer will you see the insolent people,
    the people of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend,
    stammering in a language that you cannot understand.(B)
20 Look on Zion, the city of our appointed festivals!
    Your eyes will see Jerusalem,
    a quiet habitation, an immovable tent
whose stakes will never be pulled up
    and none of whose ropes will be broken.(C)
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.(D)
22 For the Lord is our judge; the Lord is our ruler;
    the Lord is our king; he will save us.(E)

23 Your rigging hangs loose;
    it cannot hold the mast firm in its place
    or keep the sail spread out.

Then the blind will divide abundant spoil,[a]
    and the lame will take plunder.(F)
24 And no inhabitant will say, “I am sick”;
    the people who live there will be forgiven their iniquity.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 33.23 Cn: Heb Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided