Isaiah 33:4-5

33:4 Your plunder ¹  disappears as if locusts were eating it; ² 

they swarm over it like locusts! ³ 

33:5 The Lord is exalted, ⁴ 

indeed, ⁵  he lives in heaven; ⁶ 

he fills Zion with justice and fairness.

[33:4]  ¹ tn The pronoun is plural; the statement is addressed to the nations who have stockpiled plunder from their conquests of others.

[33:4]  ² tn Heb “and your plunder is gathered, the gathering of the locust.”

[33:4]  ³ tn Heb “like a swarm of locusts swarming on it.”

[33:5]  ⁴ tn Or “elevated”; NCV, NLT “is very great.”

[33:5]  ⁵ tn Or “for” (KJV, NASB, NIV).

[33:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “on high” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “in the heavens.”