Isa 33:3-4 | NETfull | STEP | The nations run away when they hear a loud noise; the nations scatter when you spring into action!

Isaiah 33:3-4

3 The nations run away when they hear a loud noise; ^{▼▼ Heb “at the sound of tumult the nations run away.”}
the nations scatter when you spring into action! ^{▼▼ Heb “because of your exaltation the nations scatter.”}
4 Your plunder ^{▼▼ The pronoun is plural; the statement is addressed to the nations who have stockpiled plunder from their conquests of others.} disappears as if locusts were eating it; ^{▼▼ Heb “and your plunder is gathered, the gathering of the locust.”}
they swarm over it like locusts! ^{▼▼ Heb “like a swarm of locusts swarming on it.”}