Isaiah 33:20-22

33:20 Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals!

You will see Jerusalem,

a peaceful settlement,

a tent that stays put;

its stakes will never be pulled up;

none of its ropes will snap in two.

33:21 Instead the Lord will rule there as our mighty king.

Rivers and wide streams will flow through it;

no war galley will enter;

no large ships will sail through.

33:22 For the Lord, our ruler,

the Lord, our commander,

the Lord, our king –

he will deliver us.


tn Heb “your eyes” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

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tn Or “that does not travel”; NASB “which shall not be folded.”

tn Heb “But there [as] a mighty one [will be] the Lord for us.”

tn Heb “a place of rivers, streams wide of hands [i.e., on both sides].”

tn Heb “a ship of rowing will not go into it.”

tn Heb “and a mighty ship will not pass through it.”