Isaiah 33

1 WOE to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

Woe, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee.

2 O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.

3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

From the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations.

4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

And gathered hath been your spoil, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts is he running on it.

5 The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.

Set on high is Jehovah, for He is dwelling on high, He filled Zion [with] judgment and righteousness,

6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

And hath been the stedfastness of thy times, The strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, Fear of Jehovah — it [is] His treasure.

7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

Lo, 'Their Ariel,' they have cried without, Messengers of peace do weep bitterly.

8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

Desolated have been highways, Ceased hath he who passeth along the path, He hath broken covenant, He hath despised enemies, He hath not esteemed a man.

9 The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.

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

Now, do I arise, saith Jehovah, Now I am exalted, now I am lifted up.

11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.

Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! — fire devoureth you.

12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

And peoples have been [as] burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn.

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

Hear, ye far off, that which I have done, And know, ye near ones, My might.

14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

Afraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us — consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us — burnings of the age?

15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,

16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock [are] his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.

17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.

A king in his beauty, see do thine eyes, They see a land afar off.

18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where [is] he who is counting? Where [is] he who is weighing? Where [is] he who is counting the towers?

19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.

20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

See Zion, the city of our meetings, Thine eyes see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, A tent not taken down, Not removed are its pins for ever, And none of its cords are broken.

21 But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

But there mighty [is] Jehovah for us, A place of rivers — streams broad of sides, No ship with oars doth go into it, And a mighty ship doth not pass over it.

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

For Jehovah our judge, Jehovah our lawgiver, Jehovah our king — He doth save us.

23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

Left have been thy ropes, They strengthen not rightly their mast, They have not spread out a sail, Then apportioned hath been a prey of much spoil, The lame have taken spoil.

24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

Nor doth an inhabitant say, 'I was sick,' The people that is dwelling in it, is forgiven of iniquity!