Isaiah 33:18 “Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Whe…”

Isaiah 33:18

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

World English 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?

American Standard Version

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

Thine heart shall meditate feare, Where is the scribe? where is the receiuer? where is hee that counted the towres?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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?

Bible in Basic English

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?

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Cross references

“heart”

Isaiah 38:9–22 1 Samuel 25:33–36 1 Samuel 30:6 Psalm 31:22 Psalm 71:20 2 Corinthians 1:8–10

Isaiah 38:9–22 · BSB

This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:

1 Samuel 25:33–36 · BSB

Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.

1 Samuel 30:6 · BSB

And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

Psalm 31:22 · BSB

In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.

Psalm 71:20 · BSB

Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

2 Corinthians 1:8–10 · BSB

We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

“Where is the scribe”

1 Corinthians 1:20

1 Corinthians 1:20 · BSB

Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

“receiver”

Genesis 23:16 2 Kings 15:19 2 Kings 18:14 2 Kings 18:31

Genesis 23:16 · BSB

Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.

2 Kings 15:19 · BSB

Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.

2 Kings 18:14 · BSB

So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Juda…

2 Kings 18:31 · BSB

Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,

“where is he”

Isaiah 10:16–19

Isaiah 10:16–19 · BSB

Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.

Also

Isaiah 17:14

Isaiah 17:14 · BSB

In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

19You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.

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