Isaiah 33:17-23
New Catholic Bible
Peace and Prosperity in Zion
17 Your eyes will behold the king in his splendor
and gaze upon a land that stretches far and wide.
18 Your mind will then meditate on the terror.
“Where is the man who did the counting?
Where is the man who weighed the tribute?
Where is the man who counted the towers?”
19 No longer will you encounter the insolent people,
those who employ an obscure speech
that you cannot understand
and who stammer in a language
that you are unable to comprehend.
20 Gaze upon Zion,
the city of our sacred feasts.
Your eyes will behold Jerusalem as a quiet abode,
as a tent that will not be moved,
whose stakes will never be pulled up
and none of whose ropes will be broken.
21 There we will behold the Lord in all his majesty,
in a place of rivers and broad streams,
upon which no enemy galleys with oars can go
or a majestic ship can sail.
22 For the Lord is our judge,
the Lord is our lawgiver.
The Lord is our king;
he is the one who will save us.
23 If the rigging of an enemy ship is loose,
unable to hold the mast in place
or to keep the sails spread out,
then abundant spoils will be divided;
even the lame will carry off the plunder.
