Isaiah 33:20-21

Context

33:20 Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals!

You¹ will see Jerusalem,²

a peaceful settlement,

a tent that stays put;³

its stakes will never be pulled up;

none of its ropes will snap in two.

33:21 Instead the Lord will rule there as our mighty king.⁴

Rivers and wide streams will flow through it;⁵

no war galley will enter;⁶

no large ships will sail through.⁷

[33:20] ¹tn Heb “your eyes” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[33:20] ³tn Or “that does not travel”; NASB “which shall not be folded.”

[33:21] ⁴tn Heb “But there [as] a mighty one [will be] the Lord for us.”

[33:21] ⁵tn Heb “a place of rivers, streams wide of hands [i.e., on both sides].”

[33:21] ⁶tn Heb “a ship of rowing will not go into it.”

[33:21] ⁷tn Heb “and a mighty ship will not pass through it.”