33:1
The previous chapter has been dealing with the restoration. But how is this to happen when there is so rampant a destroyer at work? 33:1 contains the answer. No, the destroyer has not yet been destroyed. He has tempted/forced others to betray their allies, but has not been betrayed himself yet. But things would not continue like this. There would come a point where Assyria stopped destroying. Then Assyria itself would be destroyed, and nations that previously had betrayed others to keep in with Assyria would not betray Assyria. We see this pattern repeated many times in history. At some point a previously all powerful nation or organisation starts to fall, and then others who once lived in fear of this nation or organisation are now willing to turn against it.
33:2
Isaiah now prays to the Lord to bring about the things He has spoken of. When God says something is going to happen, even that He is going to do something, that does not mean we are to be passive. We are either involved in what God is going to do, or we are to pray for what He is going to do, or often both. Isaiah prays for the Lord to become their strength and salvation. We need to get our strength from the Lord, and in times of distress we look to Him, not to other things.
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