Isaiah 33:23
Thy ropes hang loose; They cannot hold the mast-socket, Nor can they spread the sail. Then shall a great spoil be divided; Even the lame shall take the prey.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
22For Jehovah is our judge; Jehovah is our lawgiver; Jehovah is our king; it is he that will save us.
24No inhabitant shall say, I am sick; The people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
Cross References
Psalms 68:12“The kings with their armies have fled, —have fled! And the matron at home divideth the spoil.
Isaiah 33:1Woe to thee, thou spoiler, who hast not been spoiled! Thou plunderer, who hast not been plundered! When thou hast ceased to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; When thou hast finished plundering, they shall plunder thee.
Isaiah 33:21For there the glorious Jehovah will be to us Instead of rivers and broad streams, Which no oared galley shall pass, And no gallant ship go through.
Acts 27:19and the third day we cast out with our own hands the movables of the ship.
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 →