Isaiah 33 · Verse 4

Isaiah 33:4

And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
Isaiah 33:4, King James Version

Isaiah 33:4 in other translations

BSBYour spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
WEBYour plunder will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. Men will leap on it as locusts leap.
ASVAnd your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathereth: as locusts leap shall men leap upon it.
YLTAnd gathered hath been your spoil, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts is he running on it.
DARBYAnd your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpillar: as the running of locusts shall they run upon it.
BBEAnd the goods taken in war will be got together like the massing of young locusts; men will be rushing on them like the rushing of locusts.
WebsterAnd your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpillar: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

What does Isaiah 33:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. The invaders' "spoil" shall be left behind by them in their flight, and the Jews shall gather it. caterpillar--rather, "the wingless locust"; as it gathers; the Hebrew word for "gathers" is properly used of the gathering of the fruits of harvest (Is 32:10). running to and fro--namely, in gathering harvest fruits. he--rather, "they." them--rather, "it," that is, the prey.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 33:1-14

God's judgments against the enemies of his church. (Is. 33:1-14) The happiness of his people. (Is. 33:15-24) Verses 1-14 Here we have the proud and false destroyer justly reckoned with for all his fraud and violence. The righteous God often pays sinners in their own coin. Those who by faith humbly wait for God, shall find him gracious to them; as the day, so let the strength be. If God leaves us to ourselves any…

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Isaiah 33:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֻסַּ֣ףve.'u.Safand it will be gatheredH622
שְׁלַלְכֶ֔םshe.lal.Khemplunder yourH7998
אֹ֖סֶף'O.sef<the> gathering ofH625
הֶֽחָסִ֑ילhe.cha.Sil<the> locust[s]H2625
כְּמַשַּׁ֥קke.ma.Shaklike [the] rushing ofH4944
גֵּבִ֖יםge.VimlocustsH1357
שׁוֹקֵ֥קsho.Kek[someone will be] rushingH8264
בּֽוֹ\׃boon it

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 33:4

  • 2 Chronicles 20:25

    And 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.

  • Isaiah 33:23

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 14:13

    And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the Lord, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.

  • Joel 2:9

    They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

  • Joel 2:25

    And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

  • 2 Kings 7:15-16

    And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king. And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
your spoil.
23; 2Ki 7:15,16; 2Ch 14:13; 20:25
the running.
Joe 2:9,25

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Context

  • Isaiah 33:3

    At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

  • Isaiah 33:4

    And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

  • Isaiah 33:5

    The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.

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Isaiah 33:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas vuestra presa será cogida como cuando cogen las orugas: correrá sobre ellos como de una á otra parte corren las langostas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et votre butin sera moissonné, comme moissonnent les locustes; comme se précipitent les sauterelles, on se précipitera sur lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und weggerafft wird eure Beute, wie die Heuschrecken wegraffen; wie Heuschrecken rennen, rennt man darauf los.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et congregabuntur spolia vestra sicut colligitur bruchus, velut cum fossæ plenæ fuerint de eo.