1 Woe to you, despoiler,who yourself was not despoiled;O treacherous one,with whom none have been treacherous:when you have done with devastating,you shall be devastated;when you are through betraying,they shall betray you!
2 O Jehovah, be favorable toward us;we have waited for you.Be oura strength of arm from morning to morning,our salvation in troubled times.
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3 The peoples fled from your thunderous voice;at your uprising the nations scattered.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who look to him for deliverance when their enemies seek to destroy them in his Day of Judgment.
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4 Their spoil was harvestedin the manner of caterpillars;like insatiable locusts they rushed upon it.
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5 But Jehovah is supreme, for he dwells on high;with justice and righteousness he will replenish Zion.
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6 Your faithfulness in time of trialshall prove to be a strength,your wisdom and knowledge your salvation;your fear of Jehovah shall be your riches.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who look to him for deliverance when their enemies seek to destroy them in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the voice or spokesman of the wicked, whom Jehovah empowers to rally an alliance of nations to invade and conquer a corrupt world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who establishes righteousness among Jehovah's elect to qualify them for a reward of their righteousness when Jehovah comes to reign.
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7 See, their stalwarts sob in public;the champions of peace weep bitterly.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who look to him for deliverance when their enemies seek to destroy them in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the voice or spokesman of the wicked, whom Jehovah empowers to rally an alliance of nations to invade and conquer a corrupt world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who establishes righteousness among Jehovah's elect to qualify them for a reward of their righteousness when Jehovah comes to reign.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who exemplifies faithfulness to his repentant people and whom they emulate by proving faithful through trials in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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8 The highways are desolate, travel is at an end.The treaties have been violated,their signatoriesb held in contempt;man is disregarded.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who look to him for deliverance when their enemies seek to destroy them in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the voice or spokesman of the wicked, whom Jehovah empowers to rally an alliance of nations to invade and conquer a corrupt world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who establishes righteousness among Jehovah's elect to qualify them for a reward of their righteousness when Jehovah comes to reign.
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9 The Land lies withered and forlorn,Lebanon wilts shamefully;Sharon has been turned into a dry waste,Bashan and Carmel are denuded.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the voice or spokesman of the wicked, whom Jehovah empowers to rally an alliance of nations to invade and conquer a corrupt world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who establishes righteousness among Jehovah's elect to qualify them for a reward of their righteousness when Jehovah comes to reign.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who exemplifies faithfulness to his repentant people and whom they emulate by proving faithful through trials in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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10 Now will I arise, says Jehovah;I will now become prominent,now gain preeminence.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who look to him for deliverance when their enemies seek to destroy them in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the voice or spokesman of the wicked, whom Jehovah empowers to rally an alliance of nations to invade and conquer a corrupt world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who establishes righteousness among Jehovah's elect to qualify them for a reward of their righteousness when Jehovah comes to reign.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who exemplifies faithfulness to his repentant people and whom they emulate by proving faithful through trials in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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11 You who conceived chaff and brought forth stubble,the fire of your own breath devours you!
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who look to him for deliverance when their enemies seek to destroy them in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the voice or spokesman of the wicked, whom Jehovah empowers to rally an alliance of nations to invade and conquer a corrupt world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who establishes righteousness among Jehovah's elect to qualify them for a reward of their righteousness when Jehovah comes to reign.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who exemplifies faithfulness to his repentant people and whom they emulate by proving faithful through trials in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who repent and keep the terms of his covenant when their enemies seek to destroy them.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that consumes Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fiery breath that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations when the wicked destroy the wicked.
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12 Whole nations have been burned like lime,mown down like thorns and set ablaze.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who look to him for deliverance when their enemies seek to destroy them in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the voice or spokesman of the wicked, whom Jehovah empowers to rally an alliance of nations to invade and conquer a corrupt world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who establishes righteousness among Jehovah's elect to qualify them for a reward of their righteousness when Jehovah comes to reign.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who exemplifies faithfulness to his repentant people and whom they emulate by proving faithful through trials in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who repent and keep the terms of his covenant when their enemies seek to destroy them.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fiery breath that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations when the wicked destroy the wicked.
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13 Take heed what I have done, you who are far off;you who are near, be apprised of my might!
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who look to him for deliverance when their enemies seek to destroy them in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the voice or spokesman of the wicked, whom Jehovah empowers to rally an alliance of nations to invade and conquer a corrupt world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who establishes righteousness among Jehovah's elect to qualify them for a reward of their righteousness when Jehovah comes to reign.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who exemplifies faithfulness to his repentant people and whom they emulate by proving faithful through trials in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who repent and keep the terms of his covenant when their enemies seek to destroy them.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that consumes Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fiery breath that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations when the wicked destroy the wicked.
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14 The sinners in Zion are struck with fear;the godless are in the grip of trembling:Who among us can live through the devouring fire?Who among us can abide eternal burning?
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who look to him for deliverance when their enemies seek to destroy them in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the voice or spokesman of the wicked, whom Jehovah empowers to rally an alliance of nations to invade and conquer a corrupt world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who establishes righteousness among Jehovah's elect to qualify them for a reward of their righteousness when Jehovah comes to reign.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who exemplifies faithfulness to his repentant people and whom they emulate by proving faithful through trials in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who repent and keep the terms of his covenant when their enemies seek to destroy them.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that consumes Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fiery breath that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations when the wicked destroy the wicked.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that destroys the reprobates of Jehovah's people and the nations in a Sodom-and-Gomorrah type of holocaust.
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15 They who conduct themselves righteouslyand are honest in word,who disdain extortionand stay their hand from taking bribes,who stop their ears at the mention of murder,who shut their eyes at the sight of wickedness.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who look to him for deliverance when their enemies seek to destroy them in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the voice or spokesman of the wicked, whom Jehovah empowers to rally an alliance of nations to invade and conquer a corrupt world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who establishes righteousness among Jehovah's elect to qualify them for a reward of their righteousness when Jehovah comes to reign.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who exemplifies faithfulness to his repentant people and whom they emulate by proving faithful through trials in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who repent and keep the terms of his covenant when their enemies seek to destroy them.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that consumes Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fiery breath that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations when the wicked destroy the wicked.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that destroys the reprobates of Jehovah's people and the nations in a Sodom-and-Gomorrah type of holocaust.
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16 They shall dwell on high;the impregnable cliffs are their fortress.Bread is provided them, their water is sure.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who look to him for deliverance when their enemies seek to destroy them in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the voice or spokesman of the wicked, whom Jehovah empowers to rally an alliance of nations to invade and conquer a corrupt world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who establishes righteousness among Jehovah's elect to qualify them for a reward of their righteousness when Jehovah comes to reign.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who exemplifies faithfulness to his repentant people and whom they emulate by proving faithful through trials in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who repent and keep the terms of his covenant when their enemies seek to destroy them.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that consumes Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fiery breath that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations when the wicked destroy the wicked.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that destroys the reprobates of Jehovah's people and the nations in a Sodom-and-Gomorrah type of holocaust.
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17 Your eyes shall behold the King in his gloryand view the expanse of the earth.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who look to him for deliverance when their enemies seek to destroy them in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the voice or spokesman of the wicked, whom Jehovah empowers to rally an alliance of nations to invade and conquer a corrupt world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who establishes righteousness among Jehovah's elect to qualify them for a reward of their righteousness when Jehovah comes to reign.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who exemplifies faithfulness to his repentant people and whom they emulate by proving faithful through trials in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who repent and keep the terms of his covenant when their enemies seek to destroy them.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that consumes Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fiery breath that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations when the wicked destroy the wicked.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that destroys the reprobates of Jehovah's people and the nations in a Sodom-and-Gomorrah type of holocaust.
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18 You shall recount in your mind the terror:Where are those who conducted the census?Where are those who levied the tax?Where are the ones who appraised the towers?
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who look to him for deliverance when their enemies seek to destroy them in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the voice or spokesman of the wicked, whom Jehovah empowers to rally an alliance of nations to invade and conquer a corrupt world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who establishes righteousness among Jehovah's elect to qualify them for a reward of their righteousness when Jehovah comes to reign.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who exemplifies faithfulness to his repentant people and whom they emulate by proving faithful through trials in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who repent and keep the terms of his covenant when their enemies seek to destroy them.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that consumes Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fiery breath that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations when the wicked destroy the wicked.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that destroys the reprobates of Jehovah's people and the nations in a Sodom-and-Gomorrah type of holocaust.
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19 The insolent people are not to be seen,a nation of incomprehensible speech,whose babbling tongue was unintelligible.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who look to him for deliverance when their enemies seek to destroy them in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the voice or spokesman of the wicked, whom Jehovah empowers to rally an alliance of nations to invade and conquer a corrupt world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who establishes righteousness among Jehovah's elect to qualify them for a reward of their righteousness when Jehovah comes to reign.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who exemplifies faithfulness to his repentant people and whom they emulate by proving faithful through trials in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who repent and keep the terms of his covenant when their enemies seek to destroy them.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that consumes Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fiery breath that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations when the wicked destroy the wicked.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that destroys the reprobates of Jehovah's people and the nations in a Sodom-and-Gomorrah type of holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance, who typify the alien tongue that speaks against Jehovah and his people at the time they invade their lands.
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20 Behold Zion, the city of our solemn assemblies;let your eyes rest upon Jerusalem,the abode of peace—an immovable tent,whose stakes shall never be uprooted,nor any of its cords severed.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who look to him for deliverance when their enemies seek to destroy them in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the voice or spokesman of the wicked, whom Jehovah empowers to rally an alliance of nations to invade and conquer a corrupt world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who establishes righteousness among Jehovah's elect to qualify them for a reward of their righteousness when Jehovah comes to reign.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who exemplifies faithfulness to his repentant people and whom they emulate by proving faithful through trials in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who repent and keep the terms of his covenant when their enemies seek to destroy them.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that consumes Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fiery breath that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations when the wicked destroy the wicked.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that destroys the reprobates of Jehovah's people and the nations in a Sodom-and-Gomorrah type of holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance, who typify the alien tongue that speaks against Jehovah and his people at the time they invade their lands.
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24 c None who reside there shall say, I am ill;the people who inhabit itshall be forgiven their iniquity.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who look to him for deliverance when their enemies seek to destroy them in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the voice or spokesman of the wicked, whom Jehovah empowers to rally an alliance of nations to invade and conquer a corrupt world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who establishes righteousness among Jehovah's elect to qualify them for a reward of their righteousness when Jehovah comes to reign.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who exemplifies faithfulness to his repentant people and whom they emulate by proving faithful through trials in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
green
A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who repent and keep the terms of his covenant when their enemies seek to destroy them.
green
A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that consumes Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fiery breath that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations when the wicked destroy the wicked.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that destroys the reprobates of Jehovah's people and the nations in a Sodom-and-Gomorrah type of holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance, who typify the alien tongue that speaks against Jehovah and his people at the time they invade their lands.
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21 May Jehovah dcause us to dwelld there,a country of rivers and broad streams,where no warships sailor majestic fleets pass by.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who look to him for deliverance when their enemies seek to destroy them in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the voice or spokesman of the wicked, whom Jehovah empowers to rally an alliance of nations to invade and conquer a corrupt world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who establishes righteousness among Jehovah's elect to qualify them for a reward of their righteousness when Jehovah comes to reign.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who exemplifies faithfulness to his repentant people and whom they emulate by proving faithful through trials in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
green
A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who repent and keep the terms of his covenant when their enemies seek to destroy them.
green
A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that consumes Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fiery breath that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations when the wicked destroy the wicked.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that destroys the reprobates of Jehovah's people and the nations in a Sodom-and-Gomorrah type of holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance, who typify the alien tongue that speaks against Jehovah and his people at the time they invade their lands.
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23 e Their riggings hang loose;they hold not the mast in placenor spread out the sail.Now shall spoil in abundance be divided,and even the lame take part in the plunder.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who look to him for deliverance when their enemies seek to destroy them in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the voice or spokesman of the wicked, whom Jehovah empowers to rally an alliance of nations to invade and conquer a corrupt world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who establishes righteousness among Jehovah's elect to qualify them for a reward of their righteousness when Jehovah comes to reign.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who exemplifies faithfulness to his repentant people and whom they emulate by proving faithful through trials in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who repent and keep the terms of his covenant when their enemies seek to destroy them.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that consumes Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fiery breath that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations when the wicked destroy the wicked.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that destroys the reprobates of Jehovah's people and the nations in a Sodom-and-Gomorrah type of holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance, who typify the alien tongue that speaks against Jehovah and his people at the time they invade their lands.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the driving force to destroy Jehovah's people, whose alliance loses its strength when Jehovah takes the wind out of their sails.
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22 For Jehovah is our Judge,and Jehovah our Lawgiver.Jehovah is our King; he himself will save us.
A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies one of two arms of God who intervene in the earth to empower his elect against the Assyrian alliance in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who look to him for deliverance when their enemies seek to destroy them in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the voice or spokesman of the wicked, whom Jehovah empowers to rally an alliance of nations to invade and conquer a corrupt world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who establishes righteousness among Jehovah's elect to qualify them for a reward of their righteousness when Jehovah comes to reign.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who exemplifies faithfulness to his repentant people and whom they emulate by proving faithful through trials in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
green
A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who repent and keep the terms of his covenant when their enemies seek to destroy them.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that consumes Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fiery breath that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations when the wicked destroy the wicked.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that destroys the reprobates of Jehovah's people and the nations in a Sodom-and-Gomorrah type of holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance, who typify the alien tongue that speaks against Jehovah and his people at the time they invade their lands.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the driving force to destroy Jehovah's people, whose alliance loses its strength when Jehovah takes the wind out of their sails.
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Apocalyptic Commentary
Isaiah 33
The king of Assyria/Babylon—the “despoiler” and “treacherous one” who devastates Jehovah’s people and the nations—receives the same treatment he meted out to others. As he cruelly attacked the nations after making peace treaties (vv 7-8; cf. Isaiah 18:1-2; 21:2; 36:16), spoiled the world of its wealth (v 4; cf. Isaiah 8:4; 10:5-6, 13-14; 49:24), decimated humanity until few people remained (v 12; cf. Isaiah 10:7; 13:4-5, 12; 14:17), imposed bondage on the earth’s survivors (v 18; cf. Isaiah 10:27; 14:3-6; 49:24-25), and desolated their lands (v 9; cf. Isaiah 1:7; 13:9, 19; 64:10), so now it is done to him.
Waiting for Jehovah amid troubled times distinguishes his elect from the remainder of his people: “I will wait for Jehovah, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and expect him” (Isaiah 8:17). Although Jehovah’s judgments may appear to last forever, causing many of his people to grow weary (Isaiah 43:22; 49:14), all is worth the outcome (Isaiah 25:9; 64:4). Jehovah keeps his part of the terms of his covenant by showing favor or compassion toward those who endure to the end (Isaiah 30:18; 49:13). He becomes their arm of salvation when he intervenes wondrously to deliver them (Isaiah 51:5; 63:5).
Parallelism of the “thunderous voice”—the king of Assyria/Babylon—and “your uprising” demonstrates the inseparable connection between the archtyrant’s destroying the world’s wicked inhabitants and Jehovah’s coming out in judgment against them (Isaiah 2:19, 21; 3:13; 13:2, 4-5; 14:22; 28:21; 31:2). In either case, the peoples or nations flee and scatter, leaving their wealth behind as spoil for the archtyrant and his alliance (Isaiah 10:5-6; 13:16; 42:22, 24). Resembling voracious caterpillars and swarms of locusts, the enemies of Jehovah’s people defraud all who belong to Isaiah’s Babylon category.
As Jehovah is “supreme” or exalted over all, he orchestrates the events that lead to the destruction of the wicked and deliverance of the righteous. Those who emulate his justice and righteousness he “replenishes” or recompenses through his righteousness—through the ministry of his servant. Their “faithfulness” or loyalty to Jehovah through adverse times pays off at the last. Although deprived of worldly riches, they chose wisely, with the certain “knowledge” that Jehovah, their salvation, would help them. Their reverent awe or “fear” of him kept them on a righteous path and qualified them for it.
Those who seek peace in human treaties end up being betrayed. Their willingness to believe others’ lies stems from a kind of self-deception. Justice and righteousness alone beget true and lasting peace: “The effect of justice shall be peace, and the result of righteousness an assured calm forever” (Isaiah 32:17). By making peaceable agreements, then deliberately breaking them, the archtyrant takes advantage of gullible enemies (v 1). In his treacherous attack on Jehovah’s people, he devastates their lands from the mountains of Lebanon to the great Sharon Plain, to the ranges of Bashan and Carmel.
Although many of Jehovah’s people may lose hope and give up believing in him (Isaiah 40:27), at some point Jehovah intervenes to make a name for himself and his faithful people as he did of old when he delivered them and wasted their enemies (Exodus 9:16; Joshua 9:9-10). While he may appear absent from human affairs—“Is it because I have so long kept silent that you no longer fear me?” (Isaiah 57:11)—in the end, he plainly manifests himself: “Jehovah will come forth like a warrior, his passions aroused like a fighter; he will give the war cry, raise the shout of victory over his enemies” (Isaiah 42:13).
The “chaff” and “stubble” that typify the chaotic works of evildoers are consumed by the fire of their own breath—that is, by the archtyrant whom they emulate. The parallel incidence of “nations” and “thorns” connotes the wicked state of the nations after the righteous are withdrawn—as when the angels removed Lot from Sodom and Gomorrah and only their miscreants remained (Genesis 19:1-28; cf. Isaiah 57:1). The worldwide destruction of the wicked—at which the righteous are delivered from their power—is Jehovah’s doing, as his people at home and abroad come to realize (Isaiah 26:12-14).
When a Sodom-and-Gomorrah type of destruction materializes, the wicked who dwell with Jehovah’s people “in Zion” give way to fear and trembling. Spiritually and physically unprepared for calamity, they realize with trepidation that their end is near. Their disloyalty to Jehovah prevents them from believing that “whatever weapon is devised against you, it shall not succeed” (Isaiah 54:17), or that “whoever wars against you shall be reduced to nothing” (Isaiah 41:12). Physical fire—at the hands of the king of Assyria/Babylon—and “eternal burning” in the hereafter await them.
Those who survive the devouring fire are Jehovah’s elect, his holy and valiant ones (Isaiah 4:4; 13:3, 19; 14:30-32). Although they live in a wicked society—amidst “extortion,” “bribes,” “murder,” and “wickedness”—they exercise scrupulous integrity. They are a people apart, made up of individuals determined to maintain justice and righteousness at all costs (Isaiah 26:7; 57:2; 61:7-9). Even in their wilderness retreat, food and water remain covenant blessings (Isaiah 7:21-22; 41:17-18; 49:9-10): “Tell the righteous it shall be well with them; they shall eat the fruits of their own labors” (Isaiah 3:10).
Those who qualify to see Jehovah their King (v 22; Isaiah 6:5; 43:15) “in his glory” additionally see “the expanse of the earth” as a parallel experience. The verb “behold” (hazeh) connotes “seeing in vision” as did Isaiah (Isaiah 1:1; 13:1). The view—like that of seraphs—isn’t from below but from above (Isaiah 6:3; 40:22). Only those who attain Isaiah’s seraph category, therefore, are privy to this vision: “The moon will blush and the sun be put to shame, when Jehovah of Hosts manifests his reign in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and [his] glory in the presence of his elders” (Isaiah 24:23; cf. 62:1-2).
Before Jehovah delivers others of his people besides his elect, Assyria—a “nation of incomprehensible speech and a strange tongue” (Isaiah 28:11)—slays and enslaves them (Isaiah 10:3-6). The archtyrant resembles a babbling tongue that “blasphemes” against Jehovah (Isaiah 37:23-24), that “rises to accuse you” (Isaiah 54:17), that “utters duplicity” (Isaiah 59:3), and that demands of them a predatory taxation. Even prior to Assyria’s invasion, however, his people’s leaders followed the same evil archetype: “My people are taken over without price; those who govern them act presumptuously” (Isaiah 52:5).
Although two spiritual and political capitals exist in the millennial age—Zion and Jerusalem—both share the attributes of a “city” of Jehovah (Isaiah 60:14) that rises from the dust (Isaiah 52:1-2), to which Israel’s exiles return (Isaiah 35:10), that Jehovah protects (Isaiah 37:35), where Jehovah grants deliverance (Isaiah 26:1), that Jehovah’s servant rebuilds (Isaiah 44:26, 28), on which Jehovah’s glory rests (Isaiah 4:5), where Jehovah’s holy ones reside (Isaiah 4:3), which is never uprooted (Isaiah 54:2-3), that is never deserted (Isaiah 62:12), and from which Jehovah’s law and word go forth (Isaiah 2:3).
In their millennial “abode of peace,” Jehovah’s people again convene “solemn assemblies” as did Moses and the Israelites who sojourned in the Sinai wilderness (Leviticus 23:36); as did King Solomon at his temple’s dedication in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 7:8); and as did the Jews who returned from exile in Babylon with Ezra and Nehemiah to restore the Promised Land (Nehemiah 8:18). Illness and covenant curses—a consequence of iniquity—will be a thing of the past: “Then shall your light break through like the dawn and your healing speedily appear” (Isaiah 58:8; cf. 40:1-2; 65:20; 66:14).
Where fleets of warships once sailed in defense of the land, all is now peace. Rivers and streams attest to Jehovah’s renewed covenant blessings (Isaiah 35:6-7; 41:18; 43:19-20). Jehovah’s presence is now his people’s defense (Isaiah 12:6; 26:1-3; 60:18). As for enemy ships, their riggings no longer support the mast—the tyrannical king of Assyria/Babylon; the wind has been taken out of their sail. Spoil and plunder that the enemy seized in its conquest of the world now fall to those who inherit Zion—the poor and needy, the lame or disabled, whom Jehovah heals (vv 4-5; Isaiah 9:3; 35:5-6; 53:12).
The only being who “saves” is Jehovah, the God of Israel and King of Zion (Isaiah 43:11; 45:17, 21; 63:1, 8-9). Other persons, such as his servant, only qualify themselves and others for salvation. In their righteous attributes, they emulate Jehovah, their exemplar. As he is the Judge, Lawgiver, and King who rules over all, so—by serving as proxy saviors of others and ascending to higher spiritual categories—they too grow into the roles of millennial judges (Isaiah 1:26; 11:3-4; 16:5; 28:6; 51:5), lawgivers (Isaiah 42:1-4; 55:4), and kings (Isaiah 9:7; 32:1; 49:7, 23; 52:15; 60:3, 10-11, Isaiah 9:7; 32:1; 49:7, 23; 52:15; 49:7, 23#three_col">60:3, 10-11, 49:7, 23-Isaiah 9:7; 32:1; 49:7, 23; 52:15; 60:3, 10-11, 16-49:7, 23; 62:2; 62:2-Isaiah 9:7; 32:1; 49:7, 23; 52:15; 60:3, 10-11, 16-49:7, 23; 62:2; 62:2).