Isaiah 33:4
And your spoil shall be gathered as the cricket gathereth: as locusts run about, so shall people hasten after it.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
3At the noise of [thy] thunder people fled; when thou liftedst thyself up nations were scattered.
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 Assa and the people that were with him pursued them as far as Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians [so many], that they could not recover themselves; for they were broken down before the Lord, and before his camp; and they carried away exceedingly much booty.
Isaiah 33:23Loose hang thy tacklings; they cannot well uphold strongly their mast, they cannot spread the sail. Then are divided booty and spoil in abundance, [even] the lame take the booty.
Joel 2:9Into the city they hasten forward; on the wall they run; into the houses they climb up; through the windows they make their entrance 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 →