Isaiah 33:3
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
From the voice of your awe the nations turned away, and from your highness the nations were scattered

Brenton Septuagint Translation
By reason of the terrible sound the nations were dismayed for fear of thee, and the heathen were scattered.

Contemporary English Version
Nations scatter when you roar and show your greatness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
At the voice of the angel the people fled, and at the lifting up thyself the nations are scattered.

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.

JPS Tanakh 1917
At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; At the lifting up of Thyself the nations are scattered.

Literal Standard Version
From the voice of a multitude peoples have fled, | From Your exaltation nations have been scattered.

Majority Standard Bible
The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.

New American Bible
At the roaring sound, peoples flee; when you rise in your majesty, nations are scattered.

NET Bible
The nations run away when they hear a loud noise; the nations scatter when you spring into action!

New Revised Standard Version
At the sound of tumult, peoples fled; before your majesty, nations scattered.

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.

Young's Literal Translation
From the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations.

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
Psalm 59:11
Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

Isaiah 10:33
Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.

Isaiah 17:13
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.

Isaiah 21:15
For they flee from the sword--the sword that is drawn--from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.

Isaiah 33:4
Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.

Isaiah 59:16
He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.

Jeremiah 25:30
So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: 'The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.


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? …

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Isaiah 33
1. God's judgments against the enemies of the church
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(3) At the noise of the tumult . . .--The "people" are the mingled nations of the Assyrian armies; the "tumult" is that of the rush and crash, as of a mighty tempest, when Jehovah should at last up lift Himself for the deliverance of His chosen ones.

Verse 3. - At the noise of the tumult the people fled; rather, the peoples; i.e. the contingents from many nations which made up the huge army of Sennacherib. The "noise" is that caused by God "lifting up himself" (comp. Psalm 29:3-9).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The peoples
עַמִּ֑ים (‘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


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