Isaiah 33:17-24
New King James Version
The Land of the Majestic King
17 Your eyes will see the King in His (A)beauty;
They will see the land that is very far off.
18 Your heart will meditate on terror:
(B)“Where is the scribe?
Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?”
19 (C)You will not see a fierce people,
(D)A people of obscure speech, beyond perception,
Of a [a]stammering tongue that you cannot understand.
20 (E)Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see (F)Jerusalem, a quiet home,
A tabernacle that will not be taken down;
(G)Not one of (H)its stakes will ever be removed,
Nor will any of its cords be broken.
21 But there the majestic Lord will be for us
A place of broad rivers and streams,
In which no [b]galley with oars will sail,
Nor majestic ships pass by
22 (For the Lord is our (I)Judge,
The Lord is our (J)Lawgiver,
(K)The Lord is our King;
He will save us);
23 Your tackle is loosed,
They could not strengthen their mast,
They could not spread the sail.
Then the prey of great plunder is divided;
The lame take the prey.
24 And the inhabitant will not say, “I am sick”;
(L)The people who dwell in it will be forgiven their iniquity.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 33:19 Unintelligible speech
- Isaiah 33:21 ship
Isaiah 33:17-24
21st Century King James Version
17 Thine eyes shall see the King in His beauty; they shall behold the land that is very far off.
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror: “Where is the scribe? Where is the receiver? Where is he that counted the towers?”
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive, of a stammering tongue that thou canst not understand.
20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities; thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
21 But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams, wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; He will save us.
23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail; then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
24 And the inhabitant shall not say, “I am sick”; the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
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