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Your plunder[a] disappears as if locusts were eating it;[b]
they swarm over it like locusts.[c]
The Lord is exalted,[d]
indeed,[e] he lives in heaven;[f]
he fills Zion with justice and fairness.
He is your constant source of stability;[g]
he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom;[h]
he gives all this to those who fear him.[i]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:4 tn The pronoun is plural; the statement is addressed to the nations who have stockpiled plunder from their conquests of others.
  2. Isaiah 33:4 tn Heb “and your plunder is gathered, the gathering of the locust.”
  3. Isaiah 33:4 tn Heb “like a swarm of locusts swarming on it.”
  4. Isaiah 33:5 tn Or “elevated”; NCV, NLT “is very great.”
  5. Isaiah 33:5 tn Or “for” (KJV, NASB, NIV).
  6. Isaiah 33:5 tn Heb “on high” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “in the heavens.”
  7. Isaiah 33:6 tn Heb “and he is the stability of your times.”
  8. Isaiah 33:6 tn Heb “a rich store of deliverance, wisdom, and knowledge.”
  9. Isaiah 33:6 tn Heb “the fear of the Lord, it is his treasure.”