Isaiah 33:23

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Summary

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 tacklings are loosed

Isaiah 33:21

Ezekiel 27:26

Acts 27:19

Then

Isaiah 33:1

2 Chronicles 20:25

The lame

Bible References

Thy tacklings are loosed

But there the majestic One, the Lord, will be for us
A place of rivers and wide canals
On which no boat with oars will go,
And on which no mighty ship will pass—

“Your rowers have brought you
Into great waters;
The east wind has broken you
In the heart of the seas.

and on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

Then

Woe to you, O destroyer,
While you were not destroyed;
And he who is treacherous, while others did not deal treacherously with him.
As soon as you finish destroying, you will be destroyed;
As soon as you cease to deal treacherously, others will deal treacherously with you.

When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found much among them, including goods, garments and valuable things which they took for themselves, more than they could carry. And they were three days taking the spoil because there was so much.

The lame

But David pursued, he and four hundred men, for two hundred who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor remained behind.

When these lepers came to the outskirts of the camp, they entered one tent and ate and drank, and carried from there silver and gold and clothes, and went and hid them; and they returned and entered another tent and carried from there also, and went and hid them.

“Kings of armies flee, they flee,
And she who remains at home will divide the spoil!”

but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong,