Isaiah 33:17-24 Click here for Bible Verses
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Today’s passage is Isaiah 33:17-24. Let’s go!
Isaiah 33:17-24 (NIV)
17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar.
18 In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror: “Where is that chief officer? Where is the one who took the revenue? Where is the officer in charge of the towers?”
19 You will see those arrogant people no more, those people of an obscure speech, with their strange, incomprehensible tongue.
20 Look upon Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken.
21 There the LORD will be our Mighty One. It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars will ride them, no mighty ship will sail them.
22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; it is he who will save us.
23 Your rigging hangs loose: The mast is not held secure, the sail is not spread. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided and even the lame will carry off plunder.
24 No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”; and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.
On verses 17-24: Remember that so far in Isaiah 28 to 32 (which I call the “Five Woes and Five Hopes” section of Isaiah), Isaiah presents messages of woe and hope to Judah. Each message contains not only a picture of destruction that Judah would face, but even more a picture of hope and restoration that Judah would experience. We see that happening here again in Isaiah 33. The picture of destruction was in verses 1-16. Now in verses 17-24 Isaiah describes how peaceful Jerusalem will be the moment God removes the threat of Assyria.
Even more than describing how Jerusalem will be the moment Assyria is defeated, these verses describe the time when the Messiah (“the king in his beauty” – v17) will reign as king and judge over His people (v17, 21-22), removing the terror of foreign invaders (v18-19) and bringing peace to the city (v20). In that time their enemy will be defeated (v23), people’s sins forgiven and diseases healed (v24).
Jesus, thank You that when You return and establish Your kingdom, at that time we will see our king in His beauty and we will experience peace in Your kingdom like never before. Thank You for that coming day. In Jesus’ name, AMEN!
