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At the thunder of your voice, the peoples flee;
    at your silence,[a] the nations scatter.
Your plunder is gathered as when grasshoppers gather;
    just like[b] locusts pounce, people have pounced[c] on it.

“The Lord is exalted, for he lives on high;
    he has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:3 So 1QIsaa; MT reads when you rise up; LXX reads from fear of you
  2. Isaiah 33:4 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks just like
  3. Isaiah 33:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads people pounce

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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