Isaiah 33:6-8

Contemporary English Version

⁶you are the foundation
    on which we stand today.
You always save us and give
    true wisdom and knowledge.
Nothing means more to us^[a]
    than obeying you.

The Lord Will Do Something

⁷Listen! Our bravest soldiers
are running through the streets,
    screaming for help.^[b]
Our messengers hoped for peace,
    but came home crying.
⁸No one travels anymore;
    every road is empty.
Treaties are broken,
and no respect is shown
    to any who keep promises.^[c]

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Footnotes

33.6 Nothing … us: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
33.7 Listen … help: Or “The Lord heard our shouts and will come to help us.”
33.8 to any … promises: The Dead Sea Scrolls; the Standard Hebrew Text “to those in the cities.”