Isaiah 33:3

Modern

The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.

Traditional

At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

Literal

From the voice of roaring the peoples will flee, from Your rising up the nations will be scattered.

Latin

A voce angeli fugerunt populi, et ab exaltatione tua dispersæ sunt gentes.

Hebrew

English

The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 10:13–14
For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
Isaiah 17:12–14
Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.
Isaiah 59:16–18
He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
Psalm 46:6
Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
Isaiah 37:11–18
Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
Isaiah 10:32–34
Yet today they will halt at Nob, shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.
Isaiah 37:29–36
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’