Isaiah 33:3-5 - At the uproar of your army the peoples flee

33:3,4

Isaiah sees a military type intervention. The Lord will send an army and when it rises up the nations will scatter. From this we can understand why the Jews at the time of Jesus were looking for a military messiah. They wanted and expected to be freed from the Romans. And the goods that the nations have plundered will be returned to the Lord.

33:5

We see here the worldview that Isaiah had, and that we should have. The Lord is exalted and dwells on high. We can get so discouraged when we look around and see the direction society is going in, we can despair of our human rulers for they all seem pretty clueless But we should remember who the Lord is. And His goal is to fill Zion with justice and righteousness. Israel sees the Lord’s plan as the salvation of Israel, and He will do this, but it involves filling Zion with justice and righteousness.