Isaiah 33
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TheGreat Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found atQumran from the second century BC, contains all the verses in this chapter.
Book	Book of Isaiah
Hebrew Bible part	Nevi'im
Order in the Hebrew part	5
Category	Latter Prophets
Christian Bible part	Old Testament
Order in the Christian part	23

Isaiah 33 is the thirty-thirdchapter of theBook of Isaiah in theHebrew Bible or theOld Testament of theChristianBible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophetIsaiah, and is one of theBooks of the Prophets. TheJerusalem Bible groups chapters 28-35 together as a collection of "poems on Israel and Judah".^[1]

The original text was written inHebrew language.This chapter is divided into 24 verses.

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter inHebrew are of theMasoretic Text tradition, which includes theCodex Cairensis (895),the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916),Aleppo Codex (10th century),Codex Leningradensis (1008).^[2]

Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among theDead Sea Scrolls (3rd century BC or later):

• 1QIsa^a: complete
• 1QIsa^b: extant verse 1
• 4QIsa^c (4Q57): extant verses 2‑8, 16‑23

There is also a translation intoKoine Greek known as theSeptuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of theSeptuagint version includeCodex Vaticanus (B;${\displaystyle \mathfrak{G}}$^B; 4th century),Codex Sinaiticus (S;BHK:${\displaystyle \mathfrak{G}}$^S; 4th century),Codex Alexandrinus (A;${\displaystyle \mathfrak{G}}$^A; 5th century) andCodex Marchalianus (Q;${\displaystyle \mathfrak{G}}$^Q; 6th century).^[3]

Theparashah sections listed here are based on theAleppo Codex.^[4] Isaiah 33 is a part of theProphecies about Judah and Israel (Isaiah 24–35). {P}: openparashah; {S}: closedparashah.

{S} 33:1 {S} 33:2-6 {P} 33:7-9 {S} 33:10-12 {P} 33:13-24 {S}

New King James Version:

Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered;

And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you!

When you cease plundering,

You will be plundered;

When you make an end of dealing treacherously,

They will deal treacherously with you.

New King James Version:

Zion, the city of our appointed feasts

The reference is to thethree pilgrimage festivals ofPesach (Passover),Shavuot (Weeks orPentecost), andSukkot (Tabernacles,Tents orBooths) when the ancientIsraelites living in theKingdom of Judah would make apilgrimage to theTemple in Jerusalem.

Revised Standard Version:

But there the Lord in majesty will be for us

a place of broad rivers and streams,

where no galley with oars can go,

nor stately ship can pass.

...

Your tackle hangs loose;

it cannot hold the mast firm in its place,

or keep the sail spread out.

These verses are interrupted by verse 22, which is better placed after verse 23a.^[5]

A marginal note in theMasoretic Text tradition indicates that verse 21 is the middle verse of the Book of Isaiah in Hebrew.^[6]

King James Version:

For the Lord is our judge,

the Lord is our lawgiver,

the Lord is our king;

he will save us.^[7]

Masoretic text/Dead Sea Scrolls (read from right to left):

כי יהוה שפטנו

יהוה מחקקנו

יהוה מלכנו

הוא יושיענו

Transliteration:

kîYah-wehshō-p̄ə-ṭê-nū,

Yah-wehmə-ḥō-qə-qê-nū;

Yah-wehmal-kê-nū,

hūyō-wō-shî-‘ê-nū.

• Bashan
• Carmel
• Jerusalem
• Lebanon
• Sharon
• Zion
• RelatedBible parts:James 4:12,Revelation 19,Revelation 20

• Würthwein, Ernst (1995).The Text of the Old Testament. Translated by Rhodes, Erroll F. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans.ISBN 0-8028-0788-7. RetrievedJanuary 26, 2019.

• Isaiah 33 Hebrew with Parallel English

• Isaiah 33 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate

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