Isaiah 33:18 meaning and explanation

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

Isaiah 33:18, Berean Standard Bible

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Isaiah 33 speaks to Jerusalem under threat from a ruthless enemy, likely Assyria, whose envoys demanded surrender and whose army seemed unstoppable. In verse 18 the prophet pictures survivors looking back on that terror with wonder.

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