Isaiah 33:4
And your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathereth; as locusts leap do they leap upon it.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
5The LORD is exalted, for He dwelleth on high; He hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 14:13(14-12) And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar; and there fell of the Ethiopians so that none remained alive; for they were shattered before the LORD, and before His host; and they carried away very much booty.
Isaiah 33:23Thy tacklings are loosed; they do not hold the stand of their mast, they do not spread the sail; then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
Joel 2:9They leap upon the city, they run upon the wall, they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.
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 →