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14 The sinful ones in Zion are afraid, trembling has seized the godless: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with burnings” forever? 15 The one walking righteously and speaking uprightly; the one rejecting the gain of oppression, shaking his hands away from grasping at a bribe; the one shutting his ears from hearing of bloodshed and closing his eyes from looking at evil; 16 He will dwell on the heights; strongholds in the cliffs are his refuge; his bread will be given, his water will be sure. 17 Your eyes will gaze at the King in His beauty; they will see a land faraway. 18 Your heart will ponder the terror: “Where is the one counting? Where is the one weighing? Where is the one counting the towers?” 19 A fierce people you will not see, a people in the depths of speech, beyond hearing, a stammering of the tongue without understanding. 20 Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts; let your eyes look on Jerusalem—a quiet abode, a tent that does not wander; will not be pulled out one of its pegs forever, and all of its cords cannot be broken. 21 But there YHWH is majestic for us, a place of rivers and streams broad of hands, where no fleet with oar shall go on it, and a majestic ship will not pass over it. 22 For YHWH is the One judging us; YHWH is the One decreeing for us; YHWH is our King; He will save us. 23 Your ropes are slack—they cannot hold the firmness of their mast; they cannot spread out the sail. Then the prey will be divided, plunder in great abundance—even the lame will seize the spoils! 24 And the dweller will not say “I am sick;” for the people dwelling in it will be lifted of iniquity. Isaiah 33:14-24, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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