Isaiah 33

1 Woe to thee that spoylest, and wast not spoyled: and doest wickedly, and they did not wickedly against thee: when thou shalt cease to spoyle, thou shalt be spoyled: when thou shalt make an ende of doing wickedly, they shall doe wickedly against thee.

Woe to thee that spoilest, shalt not thou thyself also be spoiled? and thou that despisest, shalt not thyself also be despised? when thou shalt have made an end of spoiling, thou shalt be spoiled: when being wearied thou shalt cease to despise, thou shalt be despised.

2 O Lord, haue mercie vpon vs, wee haue waited for thee: be thou, which waste their arme in the morning, our helpe also in time of trouble.

O Lord, have mercy on us: for we have waited for thee: be thou our arm in the morning, and our salvation in the time of trouble.

3 At the noise of the tumult, the people fled: at thine exalting the nations were scattered.

At the voice of the angel the people fled, and at the lifting up thyself the nations are scattered.

4 And your spoyle shall be gathered like the gathering of caterpillers: and he shall go against him like the leaping of grashoppers.

And your spoils shall be gathered together as the locusts are gathered, as when the ditches are full of them.

5 The Lord is exalted: for hee dwelleth on hie: he hath filled Zion with iudgement and iustice.

The Lord is magnified, for he hath dwelt on high: he hath filled Sion with judgment and justice.

6 And there shall be stabilitie of thy times, strength, saluation, wisdome and knowledge: for the feare of the Lord shalbe his treasure.

And there shall be faith in thy times: riches of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

7 Behold, their messengers shall cry without, and ye ambassadours of peace shall weepe bitterly.

Behold they that see shall cry without, the angels of peace shall weep bitterly.

8 The pathes are waste: the wayfaring man ceaseth: hee hath broken the couenant: hee hath contemned the cities: he regarded no man.

The ways are made desolate, no one passeth by the road, the covenant is made void, he hath rejected the cities, he hath not regarded the men.

9 The earth mourneth and fainteth: Lebanon is ashamed, and hewen downe: Sharon is like a wildernes, and Bashan is shaken and Carmel.

The land hath mourned, and languished: Libanus is confounded and become foul, and Saron is become as a desert: and Basan and Carmel are shaken.

10 Now will I arise, saith the Lord: now will I be exalted, now will I lift vp my selfe.

Now will I rise up, saith the Lord: now will I be exalted, now will I lift up myself.

11 Ye shall conceiue chaffe, and bring forth stubble: the fire of your breath shall deuoure you.

You shall conceive heat, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath as fire shall devour you.

12 And the people shall be as the burning of lime: and as the thornes cut vp, shall they be burnt in the fire.

And the people shall be as ashes after a fire, as a bundle of thorns they shall be burnt with fire.

13 Heare, yee that are farre off, what I haue done, and ye that are neere, know my power.

Hear, you that are far off, what I have done, and you that are near know my strength.

14 The sinners in Zion are afraide: a feare is come vpon the hypocrites: who among vs shall dwel with the deuouring fire? who among vs shall dwell with the euerlasting burnings?

The sinners in Sion are afraid, trembling hath seized upon the hypocrites. Which of you can dwell with devouring fire? which of you shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

15 Hee that walketh in iustice, and speaketh righteous things, refusing gaine of oppression, shaking his handes from taking of gifts, stopping his eares from hearing of blood, and shutting his eyes from seeing euill.

He that walketh in justices, and speaketh truth, that casteth away avarice by oppression, and shaketh his hands from all bribes, that stoppeth his ears lest he hear blood, and shutteth his eyes that he may see no evil.

16 He shall dwell on hie: his defence shall be the munitions of rockes: bread shalbe giuen him, and his waters shalbe sure.

He shall dwell on high, the fortifications of rocks shall be his highness: bread is given him, his waters are sure.

17 Thine eyes shall see the King in his glory: they shall beholde the lande farre off.

His eyes shall see the king in his beauty, they shall see the land far off.

18 Thine heart shall meditate feare, Where is the scribe? where is the receiuer? where is hee that counted the towres?

Thy heart shall meditate fear: where is the learned? where is he that pondereth the words of the law? where is the teacher of little ones?

19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a darke speache, that thou canst not perceiue, and of a stammering tongue that thou canst not vnderstande.

The shameless people thou shalt not see, the people of profound speech: so that thou canst not understand the eloquence of his tongue, in whom there is no wisdom.

20 Looke vpon Zion the citie of our solemne feastes: thine eyes shall see Ierusalem a quiet habitation, a Tabernacle that can not be remooued: and the stakes thereof can neuer be taken away, neither shall any of the cordes thereof be broken.

Look upon Sion the city of our solemnity: thy eyes shall see Jerusalem, a rich habitation, a tabernacle that cannot be removed: neither shall the nails thereof be taken away for ever, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken:

21 For surely there the mightie Lord will be vnto vs, as a place of floods and broade riuers, whereby shall passe no shippe with oares, neither shall great shippe passe thereby.

Because only there our Lord is magnificent: it place of rivers, very broad and spacious streams: no ship with oars shall pass by it, neither shall the great galley pass through it.

22 For the Lord is our Iudge, the Lord is our lawe giuer: the Lord is our King, he will saue vs.

For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king: he will save us.

23 Thy cordes are loosed: they could not well strengthen their maste, neither coulde they spread the saile: then shall the praye be deuided for a great spoile: yea, the lame shall take away the pray.

Thy tacklings are loosed, and they shall be of no strength: thy mast shall be in such condition, that thou shalt not be able to spread the flag. Then shall the spoils of much prey be divided: the lame shall take the spoil.

24 And none inhabitant shall say, I am sicke: the people that dwell therein, shall haue their iniquitie forgiuen.

Neither shall he that is near, say: I am feeble. The people that dwell therein, shall have their iniquity taken away from them.