Isaiah 33:1-24
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Summary
- The evil nation appears to be Assyria (which is alluded to in previous chapters, and is mentioned by name in chapters 30 and 36). God will use them to judge the wicked among his people, then he will destroy that wicked nation.
- This passage "transitions" from the immediate threat of judgment (in Isaiah's day) to a future day of peace.
Details and/or Comments
- This chapter is connected with the previous chapter, a messianic prophecy. The reference to a king, mentioned in v. 17, looks forward to a future event (probably events related to the Fourth World Ecosystem, as described in chapter 32).
Scripture
Isaiah 33:1-24
| Scripture Passage | Comments and Links |
| Isa 33:1 Woe to you who destroy, but you weren't destroyed; and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have made an end of betrayal, you will be betrayed. | A reference to Assyria and its allies. |
| Isa 33:2 Yahweh, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
Isa 33:3 At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled. When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered. Isa 33:4 Your spoil will be gathered as the young locust gathers. Men will leap on it as locusts leap. |
Prayer for the destruction of Assyria. (Asking God to do what he has already promised he would do, in previous chapters.) |
| Isa 33:5 Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
Isa 33:6 There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure. |
They will be defeated. |
| Isa 33:7 Behold, their valiant ones cry outside; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
Isa 33:8 The highways are desolate. The traveling man ceases. The covenant is broken. He has despised the cities. He doesn't regard man. Isa 33:9 The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare. |
Their invasion. The results include ecological devastation. |
| Isa 33:10 "Now I will arise," says Yahweh; "Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted.
Isa 33:11 You will conceive chaff. You will bring forth stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you. Isa 33:12 The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire. |
The wicked in Judah will be judged. Their devastation will be complete (like burned to lime) and quick (like burning thorn bushes). |
| Isa 33:13 Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and, you who are near, acknowledge my might."
Isa 33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning? Isa 33:15 He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil-- Isa 33:16 he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure. |
Who can survive? The righteous! God will take care of them (v. 16). |
| Isa 33:17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. You will see a vast land.
Isa 33:18 Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers? Isa 33:19 You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can't comprehend, with a strange language that you can't understand. |
They will have a glorious future (v. 17). They will see the king, not a fierce enemy.
When they think of the past (the terror of their enemies), they will exclaim, "Where are they now?" (A rhetorical question... "They're gone!" See the next verses.) According to Deuteronomy 28:49, being overrun by a people of a different language, was an aspect of judgment! |
| Isa 33:20 Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won't be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
Isa 33:21 But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there. Isa 33:22 For Yahweh is our judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. He will save us. |
Look at the city now, compared to what it was in v. 7-9! Peace, with the presence of God. |
| Isa 33:23 Your rigging is untied. They couldn't strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn't spread the sail. Then the prey of a great spoil was divided. The lame took the prey.
Isa 33:24 The inhabitant won't say, "I am sick." The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity. |
A contrast of the two situations - before (v. 23a) and after (v. 23b-24) Yahweh comes and delivers his people. |
Scripture Passages
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The name "Yahweh," when present in an Old Testament passage, represents the Hebrew name for the God of the Bible.
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Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.
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