Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version At the uproar of your army, the peoples flee; when you rise up, the nations scatter. New Living Translation The enemy runs at the sound of your voice. When you stand up, the nations flee! English Standard Version At the tumultuous noise peoples flee; when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered, Berean Standard Bible The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise. King James Bible At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. New King James Version At the noise of the tumult the people shall flee; When You lift Yourself up, the nations shall be scattered; New American Standard Bible At the sound of a roar, peoples flee; At the lifting up of Yourself, nations disperse. NASB 1995 At the sound of the tumult peoples flee; At the lifting up of Yourself nations disperse. NASB 1977 At the sound of the tumult peoples flee; At the lifting up of Thyself nations disperse. Legacy Standard Bible At the sound of the tumult peoples flee; At the lifting up of Yourself nations scatter. Amplified Bible At the sound of the tumult, the peoples flee; At the lifting up of Yourself nations scatter. Christian Standard Bible The peoples flee at the thunderous noise; the nations scatter when you rise in your majesty. Holman Christian Standard Bible The peoples flee at the thunderous noise; the nations scatter when You rise in Your majesty. American Standard Version At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations are scattered. Contemporary English Version Nations scatter when you roar and show your greatness. English Revised Version At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations are scattered. GOD'S WORD® Translation People flee from the noise of [your] army. Nations scatter when you attack. Good News Translation When you fight for us, nations run away from the noise of battle. International Standard Version At the thunder of your voice, the peoples flee; at your silence, the nations scatter. Majority Standard Bible The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise. NET Bible The nations run away when they hear a loud noise; the nations scatter when you spring into action! New Heart English Bible At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled. When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered. Webster's Bible Translation At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. World English Bible At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled. When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFrom the voice of a multitude peoples have fled, "" From Your exaltation nations have been scattered. Young's Literal Translation From the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations. Smith's Literal Translation From the voice of the multitude peoples fled; from thy lifting up, nations were scattered. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAt the voice of the angel the people fled, and at the lifting up thyself the nations are scattered. Catholic Public Domain Version From the voice of the Angel, the people fled. And from your exultation, the nations were scattered. New American Bible At the roaring sound, peoples flee; when you rise in your majesty, nations are scattered. New Revised Standard Version At the sound of tumult, peoples fled; before your majesty, nations scattered. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAt the noise of thy tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated From the voice of your awe the nations turned away, and from your highness the nations were scattered OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; At the lifting up of Thyself the nations are scattered. Brenton Septuagint Translation By reason of the terrible sound the nations were dismayed for fear of thee, and the heathen were scattered. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD is Exalted…2O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble. 3The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise. 4Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.… Cross References Exodus 15:14-16 The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia. / Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away, / and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by. Joshua 2:9-11 and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you. / For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction. / When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below. Psalm 48:4-6 For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together. / They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror. / Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor. Psalm 65:7-8 You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations. / Those who live far away fear Your wonders; You make the dawn and sunset shout for joy. Psalm 68:1-2 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A song. God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence. / As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God. Psalm 76:6-8 At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned. / You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You? / From heaven You pronounced judgment, and the earth feared and was still Psalm 83:13-18 Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind. / As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze, / so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm. ... Isaiah 17:12-14 Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters. / The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale. / In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us. Isaiah 37:36-38 Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies! / So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. / One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place. Jeremiah 50:43-46 The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor. / Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?” / Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them. ... Ezekiel 26:15-18 This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst? / All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you. / Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples! ... Nahum 1:5-6 The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers. / Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him. Zephaniah 3:6-8 “I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant. / I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds. / Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy. Matthew 24:29-31 Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’ / At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. / And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. Mark 13:24-27 But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; / the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’ / At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. ... Treasury of Scripture At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of yourself the nations were scattered. Isaiah 10:13,14,32-34 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: … Isaiah 17:12-14 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! … Isaiah 37:11-18,29-36 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered? … Jump to Previous Directions Disperse Exaltation Fled Flee Flight Lift Multitude Nations Noise Peoples Rise Scatter Scattered Sound Thunder Thyself Tumult VoiceJump to Next Directions Disperse Exaltation Fled Flee Flight Lift Multitude Nations Noise Peoples Rise Scatter Scattered Sound Thunder Thyself Tumult VoiceIsaiah 33 1. God's judgments against the enemies of the church13. The consternation of sinners, and privileges of the godly The peoples flee This phrase captures the immediate reaction of the nations in the presence of God's power and judgment. The Hebrew root for "flee" is "נוס" (nus), which conveys a sense of urgency and fear. Historically, this reflects the common response of nations when confronted by overwhelming divine intervention, as seen throughout the Old Testament. The imagery here is reminiscent of the Exodus, where the Egyptians were struck with fear and the Israelites fled from bondage. This serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty and the futility of opposing His will. the nations scatter at the uproar You lift Yourself up the nations are scattered Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The peoplesעַמִּ֑ים (‘am·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock flee נָדְד֖וּ (nā·ḏə·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5074: To wave to and fro, to rove, flee, to drive away the thunder הָמ֔וֹן (hā·mō·wn) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1995: A noise, tumult, crowd, disquietude, wealth of Your voice; מִקּ֣וֹל (miq·qō·wl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6963: A voice, sound the nations גּוֹיִֽם׃ (gō·w·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts scatter נָפְצ֖וּ (nā·p̄ə·ṣū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5310: To dash to pieces, scatter when You rise. מֵר֣וֹמְמֻתֶ֔ךָ (mê·rō·wm·mu·ṯe·ḵā) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 7427: Uplifting, arising Links Isaiah 33:3 NIVIsaiah 33:3 NLT Isaiah 33:3 ESV Isaiah 33:3 NASB Isaiah 33:3 KJV Isaiah 33:3 BibleApps.com Isaiah 33:3 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 33:3 Chinese Bible Isaiah 33:3 French Bible Isaiah 33:3 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 33:3 At the noise of the thunder (Isa Isi Is) |