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20 Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals!
You[a] will see Jerusalem,
a peaceful settlement,
a tent that stays put;[b]
its stakes will never be pulled up;
none of its ropes will snap in two.
21 Instead the Lord will rule there as our mighty king.[c]
Rivers and wide streams will flow through it;[d]
no war galley will enter;[e]
no large ships will sail through.[f]
22 For the Lord, our ruler,
the Lord, our commander,
the Lord, our king—
he will deliver us.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:20 tn Heb “your eyes” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).
  2. Isaiah 33:20 tn Or “that does not travel”; NASB “which shall not be folded.”
  3. Isaiah 33:21 tn Heb “But there [as] a mighty one [will be] the Lord for us.”
  4. Isaiah 33:21 tn Heb “a place of rivers, streams wide of hands [i.e., on both sides].”
  5. Isaiah 33:21 tn Heb “a ship of rowing will not go into it.”
  6. Isaiah 33:21 tn Heb “and a mighty ship will not pass through it.”

20 Look on Zion,(A) the city of our festivals;
    your eyes will see Jerusalem,
    a peaceful abode,(B) a tent(C) that will not be moved;(D)
its stakes will never be pulled up,
    nor any of its ropes broken.
21 There the Lord will be our Mighty(E) One.
    It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.(F)
No galley with oars will ride them,
    no mighty ship(G) will sail them.
22 For the Lord is our judge,(H)
    the Lord is our lawgiver,(I)
the Lord is our king;(J)
    it is he who will save(K) us.

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20 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.

21 But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

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