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

Behold, [b]their messengers shall cry without, and the [c]ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

The [d]paths are waste: the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant: he hath contemned the cities: he regardeth no man.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:6 That is, in the days of Hezekiah.
  2. Isaiah 33:7 Sent from Sennacherib.
  3. Isaiah 33:7 Whom they of Jerusalem sent to entreat of peace.
  4. Isaiah 33:8 These are the words of the ambassadors, when they returned from Sennacherib.

And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

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Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times,
And the strength of salvation;
The fear of the Lord is His treasure.

Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside,
(A)The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
(B)The highways lie waste,
The traveling man ceases.
(C)He has broken the covenant,
[a]He has despised the [b]cities,
He regards no man.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:8 Tg. They have been removed from their cities
  2. Isaiah 33:8 So with MT, Vg.; DSS witnesses; LXX omits cities