Isaiah 33:3
When you roar, the peoples run away; when you prepare for action, the nations scatter!
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 46:6Nations are in turmoil, kingdoms collapse. God raises his voice and the earth melts.
Isaiah 10:13For the king of Assyria says: “I have done this in my own strength. It was through my wisdom, because I'm clever. I have wiped out the boundaries of nations and looted their treasures. Like a bull I knocked their rulers off their thrones.
Isaiah 17:12Disaster is coming to the many nations that growl, growling like the raging sea! Disaster is coming to the peoples who roar, roaring like thundering waters!
Isaiah 37:11Look! You've heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries they've invaded — they destroyed them completely! Do you really think you'll be saved?
Isaiah 59:16He looked around, and he was appalled to find there was no one who would do anything about it, so he intervened himself, and his sense of what was right kept him going.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 33:2-13
Assyria Threatened. ( b. c. 710.) 1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. 2 O Lord , be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. 3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself… Read the whole commentary →