Isaiah 33:2
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The LORD Will Judge Assyria
1 How terrible it will be for you, you who destroy others! Assyria, you haven't been destroyed yet. How terrible for you, you who turn against others! Others haven't turned against you yet. When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed. When you stop turning against others, others will turn against you.
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Lord, show us your favor. We long for you to help us. Make us strong every morning. Save us when we're in trouble.
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When the nations hear you thunder, they run away. When you rise up against them, they scatter.
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Nations, what you have taken in battle is destroyed. It's as if young locusts had eaten it up. Like large numbers of locusts, people rush to get it.
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The LORD is honored. He lives in heaven. He will fill Zion's people with what is fair and right.
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He will be the firm foundation for their entire lives. He will give them all of the wisdom, knowledge and saving power they will ever need. Respect for the LORD is the key to that treasure.
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Look! Judah's brave men cry out loud in the streets. The messengers who were sent to bring peace sob bitter tears.
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The wide roads are deserted. No one travels on them. Our peace treaty with Assyria is broken. Those who witnessed it are looked down on. No one is respected.
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The land is filled with sadness and wastes away. Lebanon is full of shame and dries up. The rich land of Sharon is like the Arabah Desert. The trees of Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.
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"Now I will take action," says the Lord. "Now I will be honored. Now I will be respected.
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Assyria, your plans and actions are like straw. Your anger is a fire that will destroy you.
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The nations will be burned to ashes. They will be like bushes that are cut down and set on fire.
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"You nations far away, listen to what I have done! My people who are near, recognize how powerful I am!
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The sinners in Zion are terrified. They tremble with fear. They say, 'Who of us can live through the LORD's destroying fire? Who of us can live through the fire that burns forever?'
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Isaiah 33:1-14 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 33
This chapter contains an account of God's judgments upon the enemies of his people, and of the peaceable, comfortable, and happy state of the church in the latter day. The judgment denounced, Isa 33:1 a prayer of the church for safety and protection, which it promises itself from what God had heretofore done, Isa 33:2,3 an answer to it, declaring the spoil of the enemy, and the happy times the people of God should enjoy through his appearance for them, Isa 33:4-6 though previous thereunto there would be very distressing ones, Isa 33:7-9 when the Lord resolves to arise and exert his power in the destruction of the people, who should be burnt up like stubble, thorns, and lime, Isa 33:10-12 persons far and near are called upon to take notice of this, Isa 33:13 which would issue in a different manner, in the surprise and terror of hypocrites, and in the safety and plenty of provisions for good men, who are described, Isa 33:14-16 and then follow promises to them, of seeing the King in his beauty, and beholding a distant country of reflecting on past terror with pleasure, being freed from it, and in no danger of a foreign enemy, Isa 33:17-19 and the chapter is concluded with a famous prophecy of the peace, prosperity, and safety of the church, and of the healthfulness of its inhabitants, under the protection of Christ, its King and Lawgiver, its enemies being also an easy prey to it, Isa 33:20-24.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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