Isaiah 33
1 Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.
Woe to thee, thou spoiler, who hast not been spoiled! Thou plunderer, who hast not been plundered! When thou hast ceased to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; When thou hast finished plundering, they shall plunder thee.
2 O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
O Jehovah, have mercy upon us! in thee do we trust; Be thou our strength every morning, Our salvation in the time of trouble.
3 The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.
At the voice of thy thunder the people flee; When thou dost arise, the nations are scattered.
4 Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
Your spoil shall be gathered, as the locust gathereth; As the locust runneth, so shall they run upon it.
5 The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
Jehovah is exalted; Yea, he dwelleth on high; He filleth Zion with justice and righteousness.
6 He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.
There shall be security in thy times; Wisdom and knowledge shall be thy store of prosperity, And the fear of Jehovah, this shall be thy treasure!
7 Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
Behold, the mighty men cry without: The ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
8 The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
The highways are desolate; The traveller ceaseth; He breaketh the covenant; he despiseth the cities; Of men he maketh no account.
9 The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is put to shame, and withered away; Sharon is like a desert, And Bashan and Carmel are stripped of their leaves.
10 “Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
Now will I arise, saith Jehovah, Now will I exalt myself, Now will I lift myself up.
11 You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.
Ye shall conceive chaff, and bring forth stubble; Your own wrath is the fire which shall devour you.
12 The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.
The nations shall be burnt into lime; Like thorns cut down, they shall be consumed with fire.
13 You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; Mark, ye that are near, my power!
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
The sinners in Zion are struck with dread; Terror hath seized upon the unrighteous: “Who among us can dwell in devouring fire? Who among us can dwell in everlasting flames?”
15 He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
He that walketh in righteousness, And speaketh that which is right, That despiseth the gain of oppression, And shaketh his hands from bribery, That stoppeth his ears, so as not to hear of blood, And shutteth his eyes, so as not to behold iniquity.
16 he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
He shall dwell on high; The strongholds of rocks shall be his defence; His bread shall be given him; His water shall not fail.
17 Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.
Thine eyes shall see the king in his glory They shall survey a wide-extended land.
18 Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”
Thy heart shall meditate on the past terror: “Where now is the scribe? Where the weigher of tribute? Where he that numbered the towers?”
19 You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
Thou shalt see no more a fierce people, A people of a dark language, which thou couldst not hear, And of a barbarous tongue, which thou couldst not understand;
20 Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
Thou shalt see Zion, the city of our solemn feasts; Thine eyes shall behold Jerusalem, as a quiet habitation. A tent that shall never be moved, Whose stakes shall never be taken away, And whose cords shall never be broken.
21 But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.
For there the glorious Jehovah will be to us Instead of rivers and broad streams, Which no oared galley shall pass, And no gallant ship go through.
22 For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
For Jehovah is our judge; Jehovah is our lawgiver; Jehovah is our king; it is he that will save us.
23 Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.
Thy ropes hang loose; They cannot hold the mast-socket, Nor can they spread the sail. Then shall a great spoil be divided; Even the lame shall take the prey.
24 And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
No inhabitant shall say, I am sick; The people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
