At the noise of the tumult, the [a]people fled: at thine [b]exalting the nations were scattered.

And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of [c]caterpillars: and [d]he shall go against him like the leaping of grasshoppers.

The Lord is exalted: for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and justice.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:3 That is, the Assyrians fled before the army of the Chaldeans, or the Chaldeans for fear of the Medes and Persians.
  2. Isaiah 33:3 When thou, O Lord, didst lift up thine arm to punish thine enemies.
  3. Isaiah 33:4 Ye that as caterpillars destroyed with your number the whole world, shall have no strength to resist your enemies the Chaldeans: but shall be gathered on an heap and destroyed.
  4. Isaiah 33:4 Meaning, the Medes and Persians against the Chaldeans.

At the uproar of your army,(A) the peoples flee;(B)
    when you rise up,(C) the nations scatter.
Your plunder,(D) O nations, is harvested(E) as by young locusts;(F)
    like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.

The Lord is exalted,(G) for he dwells on high;(H)
    he will fill Zion with his justice(I) and righteousness.(J)

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