Isaiah 33

1 Woe to thee who destroys, and thou were not destroyed, and deal treacherously, and they did not deal treacherously with thee! When thou have ceased to destroy, thou shall be destroyed, and when thou have made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

Woe to them that afflict you; but no one makes you miserable: and he that deals perfidiously with you does not deal perfidiously: they that deal perfidiously shall be taken and given up, and as a moth on a garment, so shall they be spoiled.

2 O Jehovah, be gracious to us, we have waited for thee. Be thou our arm every morning, also our salvation in the time of trouble.

Lord, have mercy upon us; for we have trusted in you: the seed of the rebellious is gone to destruction, but our deliverance was in a time of affliction.

3 At the noise of the tumult the peoples have fled. At the lifting up of thyself the nations are scattered.

By reason of the terrible sound the nations were dismayed for fear of you, and the heathen were scattered.

4 And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. As locusts leap, men shall leap upon it.

And now shall the spoils of your small and great be gathered: as if one should gather locusts, so shall they mock you.

5 Jehovah is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

The God who dwells on high is holy: Sion is filled with judgment and righteousness.

6 And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Jehovah is thy treasure.

They shall be delivered up to the law: our salvation is our treasure: there are wisdom and knowledge and piety toward the Lord; these are the treasures of righteousness.

7 Behold, their valiant ones cry outside. The ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

Behold now, these shall be terrified with fear of you: those whom you feared shall cry out because of you: messengers shall be sent, bitterly weeping, entreating for peace.

8 The highways lie waste. The wayfaring man ceases. The enemy has broken the covenant. He has despised the cities. He does not regard man.

For the ways of these shall be made desolate: the terror of the nations has been made to cease, and the covenant with these is taken away, and you shall by no means deem them men.

9 The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

The land mourns; Libanus is ashamed: Saron is become marshes; Galilee shall be laid bare, and Chermel.

10 Now I will arise, says Jehovah. Now I will lift up myself. Now I will be exalted.

Now will I arise, says the Lord, now will I be glorified; now will I be exalted.

11 Ye shall conceive chaff. Ye shall bring forth stubble. Your breath is a fire that shall devour you.

Now shall you see, now shall you perceive; the strength of your breath, shall be vain; fire shall devour you.

12 And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down that are burned in the fire.

And the nations shall be burnt up; as a thorn in the field cast out and burnt up.

13 Hear, ye who are far off, what I have done, and ye who are near, acknowledge my might.

They that are afar off shall hear what I have done; they that draw near shall know my strength.

14 The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the profane. Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?

The sinners in Sion have departed; trembling shall seize the ungodly. Who will tell you that a fire is kindled? Who will tell you of the eternal place?

15 He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly. He who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes away his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil.

He that walks in righteousness, speaking rightly, hating transgression and iniquity, and shaking his hands from gifts, stopping his ears that he should not hear the judgment of blood, shutting his eyes that he should not see injustice.

16 He shall dwell on high. His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks. His bread shall be given. His waters shall be sure.

he shall dwell in a high cave of a strong rock: bread shall be given him, and his water shall be sure.

17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty. They shall behold a land that reaches afar.

You shall see a king with glory: your eyes shall behold a land from afar.

18 Thy heart shall muse on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed the tribute? Where is he who counted the towers?

Your soul shall meditate terror. Where are the scribes? where are the counselors, where is he that numbers them that are growing up,

19 Thou shall not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou cannot comprehend, of a strange tongue that thou cannot understand.

[even] the small and great people? with whom he took not counsel, neither did he understand [a people] of deep speech, so that a despised people should not hear, and there is no understanding to him that hears.

20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities. Thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed. The stakes of which shall never be plucked up, nor shall any of the cords of it be broken.

Behold the city of Sion, our refuge: your eyes shall behold Jerusalem, a rich city, tabernacles which shall not be shaken, neither shall the pins of her tabernacle be moved for ever, neither shall her cords be at all broken:

21 But Jehovah will be with us there in majesty. A place of broad rivers and streams, in which shall go no galley with oars, nor shall a gallant ship pass thereby.

for the name of the Lord is great to you: you shall have a place, [even] rivers and wide and spacious channels: you shall not go this way, neither a vessel with oars go [thereby].

22 For Jehovah is our judge. Jehovah is our lawgiver. Jehovah is our king, he will save us.

For my God is great: the Lord our judge shall not pass me by: the Lord is our prince, the Lord is our king; the Lord, he shall save us.

23 Thy tacklings are loosed. They could not strengthen the foot of their mast. They could not spread the sail. Then the prey of a great spoil was divided. The lame took the prey.

Your cords are broken, for they had no strength: your meat has given way, it shall not spread the sails, it shall not bear a signal, until it be given up for plunder; therefore shall many lame men take spoil.

24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick. The people who dwell in it shall be forgiven their iniquity.

And the people dwelling among them shall by no means say, I am in pain: for their sin shall be forgiven them.