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Isaiah 33:19

17 Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.

18 Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”

You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.

20 Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

21 But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
KJV
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.
WEB
You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can’t comprehend, with a strange language that you can’t understand.
ASV
Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not comprehend, of a strange tongue that thou canst not understand.
DARBY
Thou shalt no more see the fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst comprehend, of a stammering tongue that cannot be understood.
BLB
A fierce people you will not see, a people [in] the depths of speech, beyond hearing, a stammering of the tongue without understanding.
ÅB
Det ville folk skal du ikke se mere, folket med det vanskelige språk som en ikke skjønner, med den stammende tunge som en ikke forstår.
OTB
Du vil ikke lenger se et vilt folk, et folk med uforståelig tale, hvis språk er ubegripelig.
B1930
Det ville folk skal du ikke se mere, folket med det vanskelige sprog som en ikke skjønner, med den stammende tunge som en ikke forstår.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 28:11

    Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people

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  • Deuteronomy 28:49–50

    The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,

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  • Jeremiah 5:15

    Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.

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  • 2 Kings 19:32

    So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.

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  • Exodus 14:13

    But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.

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  • Ezekiel 3:5–6

    For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—

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  • 1 Corinthians 14:21

    It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”

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