Isaiah 33:23

Isaiah 33:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Your rigging hangs loose: The mast is not held secure, the sail is not spread. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided and even the lame will carry off plunder.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your cords hang loose; they cannot hold the mast firm in its place or keep the sail spread out. Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided; even the lame will take the prey.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your tackle is loosed, They could not strengthen their mast, They could not spread the sail. Then the prey of great plunder is divided; The lame take the prey.

Context of Isaiah 33:23

21But there the glorious Yhwh will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. 22For Yhwh is our judge, Yhwh is our lawgiver, Yhwh is our king; he will save us. 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. 24And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

Isaiah 33:23 word by word

נִטְּשׁ֖וּ חֲבָלָ֑יִךְ בַּל־יְחַזְּק֤וּ כֵן־תָּרְנָם֙ בַּל־פָּ֣רְשׂוּ נֵ֔ס אָ֣ז חֻלַּ֤ק עַֽד־שָׁלָל֙ מַרְבֶּ֔ה פִּסְחִ֖ים בָּ֥זְזוּ בַֽז׃Read the interlinear

• Thy tacklingsחֶ֫בֶלchebel chêbel · cordH2256
• are loosedנָטַשׁnâţash · to leaveH5203
• they could not wellכֵּןkên · standH3653
• strengthenחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: holdH2388
• their mastתֹּ֫רֶןtôren · mastH8650
• they could not spreadפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
• the sailנֵסnês · ensignH5251
• then is the preyעַד‛ad · preyH5706
• of a greatמַרְבֶהmarbeh · abundanceH4766
• spoilשָׁלָלshâlâl · spoilH7998
• dividedחָלַקchâlaq · to divideH2505
• the lameפִּסֵּחַpissêach · lameH6455
• takeבָּזַזbâzaz · to plunderH962
• the preyבַּזbaz · plunderH957

Cross-references for Isaiah 33:23

• Isaiah 33:21But there the glorious Yhwh will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
• Ezekiel 27:26Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
• Acts 27:19And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
• Isaiah 33:1Woe 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 Chronicles 20:25And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
• 1 Samuel 30:10But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
• 2 Kings 7:8And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
• Psalms 68:12Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
• 1 Corinthians 1:27But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

Commentaries on Isaiah 33:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Thy tacklings are loosed - Here the Assyrians are represented under the figure of a ship wrecked by a violent storm; and the people on the beach, young, old, feeble, and diseased, gathering the spoil without any to hinder them. Kimchi, who understands the whole of this chapter of Hezekiah and the king of Assyria, says, "There are others of our rabbins who apply it all to the days of the Messiah." Their mast "Thy mast" - For תרנם tornam, "their mast, "the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Thy tacklings - This is evidently an address to Sennacherib. The mention of the war-galley and the ship seems to have suggested the application of the figure to the enemies of the Jews, and particularly to Sennacherib. The prophet, therefore, compares the Assyrian to a ship that was rendered unserviceable; whose sails were unfastened, and whose mast could not be made firm, and which was therefore at the mercy of winds and waves. The Hebrew which is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-24Verses 15-24 The true believer watches against all occasions of sin. The Divine power will keep him safe, and his faith in that power will keep him easy. He shall want nothing needful for him. Every blessing of salvation is freely bestowed on all that ask with humble, believing prayer; and the believer is safe in time and for ever. Those that walk uprightly shall not only have bread given, and their water sure, but they shall, by faith, see the King of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-24This vision is about God’s reign in Zion.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. tacklings--Continuing the allegory in Is 33:21, he compares the enemies' host to a war galley which is deprived of the tacklings or cords by which the mast is sustained and the sail is spread; and which therefore is sure to be wrecked on "the broad river" (Is 33:21), and become the prey of Israel. they--the tacklings, "hold not firm the base of the mast." then--when the Assyrian host shall have been discomfited. Hezekiah had given Sennacherib three…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 33:23

• Church
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Ship

In the dictionaries

• Acknowledge
• Beacon
• Deep
• Fearfulness
• Fire
• Gallant
• Tackling
• Cord
• Hezekiah (2)
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Isaiah 33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings