Cross References

Isaiah 33:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Nations scatter when you roar and show your greatness.

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Nations rage! Kingdoms fall! But at the voice of God the earth itself melts.

Don't kill them, or everyone may forget! Just use your mighty power to make them tremble and fall. You are a shield for your people.

Scatter them like smoke! When you come near, make them melt like wax in a fire.

They are worn out and weary from being chased by enemies with swords and arrows.

We attack our enemies like swarms of locusts; we take everything that belongs to them.

The LORD told me to say: From my sacred temple I will roar like thunder, while I trample my people and everyone else as though they were grapes.

My voice will be heard everywhere on earth, accusing nations of their crimes and sentencing the guilty to death.