Isaiah 33:18

“Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?”
King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations of Isaiah 33:18

Thine heart shall meditate terrour; Where is the scribe? where is the receiuer? where is he that counted the towres?
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original Isaiah chapter 33

Your heart will meditate on terror: "Where is he who counts? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Thy heart shall muse on the terror: Where is he that counted, where is he that weighed `the tribute'? where is he that counted the towers?
- American Standard Version (1901)

Your heart will give thought to the cause of your fear: where is the scribe, where is he who made a record of the payments, where is he by whom the towers were numbered?
- Basic English Bible

Thy heart shall meditate on terror: Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
- Darby Bible

Thy heart shall meditate fear: where is the learned? where is he that pondereth the words of the law? where is the teacher of little ones?
- Douay Rheims Bible

Thy heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
- Webster's Bible

Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?
- World English Bible

Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where [is] he who is counting? Where [is] he who is weighing? Where [is] he who is counting the towers?
- Youngs Literal Bible

Thy heart shall muse on the terror: 'Where is he that counted, where is he that weighed? Where is he that counted the towers?'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

SkipVought's comment on 2021-02-21 11:43:12:

Greetings, Sarah, on The Lord's Day.

"And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat."Lev 16:2.

Read the whole chapter and you'll see how particular God was with what Aaron was to do, EXACTLY as instructed.

However, there is no reliable historical account that would support the rope around the ankle story.

Sarah's comment on 2021-02-21 09:07:58:

I have heard it preached that when the High Priest entered into the Holy of Holies to offer the sacrifice, a rope or cord was tied to his ankle, so he could be removed should he have sin found and the sacrifice not be accepted by GOD. Is this scriptural?

I have searched but am unable to find the answer.

SkipVought's comment on 2021-02-20 09:22:13:

Good morning Irene, good morning. I trust that you enjoy the Joy of The Lord.

When Isaiah wrote Isaiah and Moses wrote Genesis and Paul wrote Philemon, there were no Bible verses. There were no chapters. These were added much later and help us to reference and find are way around the Bible. But chapter and verse references also hinder many people by causing them to think that just one verse is all you need to consider when trying to understand the Bible. A very wise once gave me very good advice that I'll share with you:

NEVER READ A BIBLE VERSE!

Read the verses BEFORE and the verses AFTER.

Read the entire CHAPTER.

Sometimes you need to read even more.

Sometimes another translation.

Sometimes a commentary.

In this instance, knowing some history is important. Isaiah is a prophet warning the Northern 10 tribes called Israel that unless they turned back to God, the Assyrians would first tax them and eventually scatter them throughout the nations, but that eventually God would bring them back to The Promised Land.

"Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?"Isa 33:18 (KJVA)

Isaiah is warning them that one day they will think back to the time when the Assyrians terrorized them in many ways. But God, in many places in the writings of the prophets, promises to bring them back to The Land of Promise.

So as New Testament believers, we can take great comfort that our Faithful God fulfills ALL his promises. He WILL bring Israel back. In fact, after 2600 years from the Babylonian Captivity, starting in 606 BC, Israel again became a sovereign nation IN 1948. There are still Jews scattered around the world and most still do nit believe that Jesus is their Messiah, but God has promised that He will bring them back ti The Land and trun their hearts toward God. It has begun!

irene's comment on 2021-02-19 02:37:12:

does it mean time will come when what used to threaten us will disappear

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