Isaiah 33:23
Your riggings are slack; they cannot hold the mast in place; they cannot spread the sail; 1 when the great spoil is divided, even the lame will drag off the spoil. 1
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22For Yahweh is our judge, Yahweh is our lawgiver, Yahweh is our king; he will save us. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 30:22Then all the wicked men and worthless fellows among those who had gone with David said, “Because these men did not go with us, we will not give them any of the booty that we have recovered. Except that each man may take his wife and children, lead them away, and go.”
2 Kings 7:16The people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, just as the word of Yahweh had said.
Psalms 68:12-13 Kings of armies flee, they flee, 1 and the women waiting at home divide the plunder: 1 doves covered with silver 1 with wings of yellow gold. 1 When some of you people stayed among the sheepfolds, why did you do this? 1
Isaiah 33:1Woe to you, destroyer who has not been destroyed! 2 Woe to the betrayer whom they have not betrayed! 1 When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed. 2 When you stop betraying, they will betray you. 1
Isaiah 33:21Instead, Yahweh in majesty will be with us, in a place of broad rivers and streams. 1 No warship with oars will travel it, and no large ships will sail by. 1
Acts 27:19On the third day the sailors threw overboard the ship's equipment with their own hands.
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 →