Isaiah 33:4

Your plunder will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. 2 Men will leap on it as locusts leap. 1

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In The King James Version

And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

In Context

3At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled. 2 When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered. 1

5Adonai is exalted, for he dwells on high. 2 He has filled Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking] with mishpat ·justice· and righteousness. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 33:23Your rigging is untied. 2 They couldn’t strengthen the foot of their mast. 2 They couldn’t spread the sail. 1 Then the prey of a great plunder was divided. 2 The lame took the prey. 1

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 →

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