Isaiah 33:18 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where {is} the scribe? where {is} the receiver? where {is} he that counted the towers? {receiver: Heb. weigher?}”

Isaiah 33:18

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He shall dwell on high: his place of defence {shall be} the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters {shall be} sure. {high: Heb. heights, or, high places}

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. {that...: Heb. of far distances}

Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where {is} the scribe? where {is} the receiver? where {is} he that counted the towers? {receiver: Heb. weigher?}

Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, {that thou canst} not understand. {stammering: or, ridiculous}

Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle {that} shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

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Isaiah 33:1

"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."

Isaiah 33:2

"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."

Isaiah 33:3

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

Isaiah 33:4

"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."

Isaiah 33:5

"The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness."

Isaiah 33:6

"And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, {and} strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD {is} his treasure. {salvation: Heb. salvations}"

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