And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of [a]caterpillars: and [b]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.

And there shall be stability of [c]the times, strength, salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: for the fear of the Lord shall be his treasure.

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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. Isaiah 33:4 Meaning, the Medes and Persians against the Chaldeans.
  3. Isaiah 33:6 That is, in the days of Hezekiah.

Your plunder,(A) O nations, is harvested(B) as by young locusts;(C)
    like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.

The Lord is exalted,(D) for he dwells on high;(E)
    he will fill Zion with his justice(F) and righteousness.(G)
He will be the sure foundation for your times,
    a rich store of salvation(H) and wisdom and knowledge;
    the fear(I) of the Lord is the key to this treasure.[a](J)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:6 Or is a treasure from him