Isaiah 33:23

The rigging on your ship hangs loose so the mast isn't secure and the sail can't be spread. Then all the looted treasure you're carrying will be divided among the victors —even those who are lame will have their share.

Free Bible Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king. He is the one who will save us.

24Nobody in Israel will say, “I'm sick,” and those who live there will have their guilt removed.

Read all of Isaiah 33

Cross References

1 Samuel 30:22all the unpleasant, good-for-nothing men of those who had gone with David said, “They weren't with us, so we won't share the plunder that we took, except to give them back their wives and children. They can take them and leave.”

2 Kings 7:16Then the people went out and looted the camp of the Arameans. So a seah of the best flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, just as the Lord had predicted.

Psalms 68:12The kings of the foreign armies are quick to run away, and the women who stayed at home divide the plunder!

Isaiah 33:1Tragedy is coming to you, you destroyer who has not experienced destruction yourself, you deceiver who has not experienced deception yourself! When you have finished with your destroying, you will be destroyed yourself. When you are finished with your deceiving, you will be deceived yourselves.

Isaiah 33:21Right here our majestic Lord will be like a place of broad rivers and waters that no enemy ship with oars can cross—no great ship can pass.

Acts 27:19On the third day they grabbed the ship's gear and tossed it into the sea.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 33:14-24

The Forebodings of Hypocrites; Encouragement to God's People. ( b. c. 710.) 13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Isaiah 33:23