Isaiah 33:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Isaiah 33:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Isaiah 33:23 is a verse from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Isaiah 33:23 — 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. Thy...: or, They have forsaken thy tacklings”
— Isaiah 33:23 (KJV)
Isaiah 33:23 in Context — About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah is the prince of prophets — soaring visions of God's holiness, searing warnings, and the Old Testament's clearest portraits of the coming Messiah: born of a virgin, wounded for our transgressions, a man of sorrows. Comfort and strength for the weary run through every chapter.
Cross-References for Isaiah 33:23
“Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil? every...: Heb. the head of a man”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 33:23: prey, spoil, divided
“And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 33:23: spread, great, spoil
“Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up. mine: Heb. for me”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 33:23: mast, then, great
“For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 33:23: well, great, spoil
“To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. To take...: Heb. To spoil the spoil, and to prey the prey midst: Heb. navel”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 33:23: well, prey, spoil
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