Isaiah 33:3

From the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

In Context

2O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.

4And gathered hath been your spoil, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts is he running on it.

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Cross References

Psalms 46:6Troubled have been nations, Moved have been kingdoms, He hath given forth with His voice, earth melteth.

Isaiah 10:13For he hath said, 'By the power of my hand I have wrought, And by my wisdom, for I have been intelligent, And I remove borders of the peoples, And their chief ones I have spoiled, And I put down as a mighty one the inhabitants,

Isaiah 17:12Woe [to] the multitude of many peoples, As the sounding of seas they sound; And [to] the wasting of nations, As the wasting of mighty waters they are wasted.

Isaiah 37:11Lo, thou hast heard that which the kings of Asshur have done to all the lands — to devote them — and thou art delivered!

Isaiah 59:16And He seeth that there is no man, And is astonished that there is no intercessor, And His own arm giveth salvation to Him, And His righteousness — it sustained Him.

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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