Esias 33

1 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.

Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou art weary with dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

2 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.

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.

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

At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of Thyself the nations are scattered.

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

And your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathereth; as locusts leap do they leap upon it.

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

The LORD is exalted, for He dwelleth on high; He hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

6 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.

And the stability of thy times shall be a hoard of salvation — wisdom and knowledge, and the fear of the LORD which is His treasure.

7 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.

Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

8 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.

The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth; he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth not man.

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

The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is ashamed, it withereth; Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel are clean bare.

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

Now will I arise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift Myself up.

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

Ye conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that shall devour you.

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

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

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

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

14 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?

The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the ungodly: 'Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?'

15 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.

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 looking upon evil;

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

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

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

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty; they shall behold a land stretching afar.

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

Thy heart shall muse on the terror: 'Where is he that counted, where is he that weighed? Where is he that counted the towers?'

19 [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.

Thou shalt not see the fierce people; a people of a deep speech that thou canst not perceive, of a stammering tongue that thou canst not understand.

20 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:

Look upon Zion, the city of our solemn gatherings; thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a peaceful habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

21 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].

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

22 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.

For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our Lawgiver, the LORD is our King; He will save us.

23 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.

Thy tacklings are loosed; they do not hold the stand of their mast, they do not spread the sail; then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

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

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