--- title: "Isaiah 33 - Study King James Bible with preachers complete homiletical commentary" description: "Read Isaiah 33 with preachers complete homiletical commentary commentary. 1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to sp" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/preachers-complete-homiletical-commentary/isaiah/33" --- [ Read](/kjv/isaiah/33)[ Commentary](/study/isaiah/33)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/isaiah/33) Audio 1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou *wast* not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; *and* when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. 2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. 3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. 4 And your spoil shall be gathered *like* the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them. 5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness. 6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, *and* strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD *is* his treasure.* 7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.* 8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. 9 The earth mourneth *and* languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed *and* hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off *their fruits*.* 10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself. 11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, *as* fire, shall devour you. 12 And the people shall be *as* the burnings of lime: *as* thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. 13 ¶ Hear, ye *that are* far off, what I have done; and, ye *that are* near, acknowledge my might. 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;**** 16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence *shall be* the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters *shall be* sure.* 17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.* 18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where *is* the scribe? where *is* the receiver? where *is* he that counted the towers?* 19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, *that thou canst* not understand.* 20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle *that* shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. 21 But there the glorious LORD *will be* unto us a place of broad rivers *and* streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.* 22 For the LORD *is* our judge, the LORD *is* our lawgiver, the LORD *is* our king; he will save us.* 23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.* 24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein *shall be* forgiven *their* iniquity. [Isaiah 32](/study/isaiah/32) [Isaiah 34](/study/isaiah/34) ## Commentary To verse 1 PROVIDENCE [Isaiah 33:1](/kjv/isaiah/33/1). *Woe to thee that spoilest, &c.* Dr. Geikie says: As a nation the Assyrians are branded as treacherous, untruthful, and lawless ([Nahum 3:1](/kjv/nahum/3/1); [Jonah 3:8](/kjv/jonah/3/8)). No treaty could bind them; might was right; and when interest seemed to demand it, they “regarded no man” ([Isaiah 33:8](/kjv/isaiah/33/8)). Their pride was that of a race which looked on all others as their natural inferiors ([Zephaniah 2:15](/kjv/zephaniah/2/15); [Ezekiel 31:10-11](/kjv/ezekiel/31/10-11); [Isaiah 10:7-14](/kjv/isaiah/10/7-14); [Isaiah 37:24-28](/kjv/isaiah/37/24-28)). [1213] [1213] Some time before the return of the Assyrians, Hezekiah had sought to deprecate the wrath of Sennacherib, of which terrible rumours had reached him from Lachish. For this end he had sent ambassadors, in the hope that they might possibly convince the great king that no treachery was intended, and save the country from a second invasion, or possibly even obtain favourable terms for Lachish itself. The embassy had found him at the city, which was soon after taken by storm, and delivered to the tender mercies of the soldiery. A slab from his palace at Nineveh, now in the British Museum, shows him in state “receiving plunder of the town of Lachish.” He sits on a throne before his tent, two arrows in one hand and his bow in the other, while prisoners are being brought before him, an officer, attended by a guard, stating the facts respecting them. Two eunuchs stand with feather flaps to wave over him for coolness, and to keep away the flies. Two horses, ready for his use, are behind, soldiers with tall lances attending them. The front rank of prisoners before him kneel to implore mercy, and behind them is a long file of their unfortunate companions. Some whose fate has already been decided have been led a short way off and killed; others may be spared as slaves. A chariot with two horses stands near—perhaps that of Sennacherib—and numerous fruit-trees over the whole slab show the fruitfulness of the country. A strong force of horse and foot on the right of the picture guards the king.—*Geikie*. The text brings before us *the doctrine of an overruling Providence*. We see an overruling Providence at work— 1. *In meting out punishment to the wicked* (H. E. I. 4604, 4612). 2. *In accomplishing a just retribution*. The Assyrian is paid back by the Babylonian ([Revelation 13:10](/kjv/revelation/13/10)); Jacob’s treachery is returned to him in his son’s deceit ([1 Timothy 5:24](/kjv/1-timothy/5/24); P. D. 2995). 3. *In bringing good out of evil*. Wicked men overreach themselves; the devil is outwitted. The short-sighted vengeance of man becomes an instrument of perfecting the higher nature of the people of God, whom they oppress; the fire of man’s wrath is transformed into the refining fire of Divine purification ([Malachi 3:3](/kjv/malachi/3/3)).—*J. 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