Isaiah 33:18

Thine lev shall ponder terror. 1 Where is the sofer (scribe)? 1 Where is he who weighs? + 33:18 for Assyrian tax collection 1 Where is he that counts the migdalim (towers)? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

In Context

17Thine eynayim shall see Melech in His yafeh (beauty); 1 they shall behold eretz that is very far off. 1

19Thou shalt no longer see a fierce people, 1 a people of unfathomable language that is incomprehensible, 1 of a stammering lashon, that thou canst not understand. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 23:16And Avraham paid heed unto Ephron; and Avraham weighed to Ephron the kesef, which he had named in the hearing of the bnei Chet four hundred shekels of kesef, according to current merchant value.

1 Samuel 30:6And Dovid was greatly distressed; for HaAm spoke of stoning him, because the nefesh of kol HaAm was marah (bitter), every ish for his banim and for his banot; but Dovid made himself chazak in Hashem Elohav.

2 Kings 18:14And Chizkiyah Melech Yehudah sent to Melech Ashur at Lakhish, saying, I have offended; withdraw from me; that which thou demandest me will I bear. And Melech Ashur exacted from Chizkiyah Melech Yehudah three hundred talents of kesef and thirty talents of zahav.

Psalms 31:7I hate them that are the shomrim of lying vanities; + 31:7 i.e., idols 1 but I trust in Hashem. 1

Psalms 71:20Thou, which hast showed me great and severe tzoros, 1 shalt revive me again, 1 and shalt bring me up again 1 from the tehomot (abysses) of ha'aretz. 1

Isaiah 17:14And hinei at erev, terror; 1 and before boker, he [that terrorizes] is no more. 1 This is the chelek of them that loot us, 1 and the goral (lot) of them that plunder us.

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 →

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