Isaiah 33

1 Woe to thee that wastest, while thou wast not wasted; and traitor, while men dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt have made an end of wasting, thou shalt be wasted, and when thou shalt have finished to deal treacherously, men 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 Lord, be gracious; we have waited for thee: be thou their support 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 [thy] thunder people fled; when thou liftedst thyself up nations were 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 cricket gathereth: as locusts run about, so shall people hasten after 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 The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high; he hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

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

6 And the stability of thy times and the strength of thy happiness shall be wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

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

7 Behold, their valiant ones cry without: 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, ceased hath the wayfaring traveler: he hath broken the covenant, he despiseth cities, he regardeth not 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 It mourneth, it languisheth—the land: Lebanon is ashamed, it is withered away; Sharon is become like a wilderness; and bereft of their fruits are Bashan and Carmel.

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

10 Now will I arise, saith the Lord; now will I raise myself; now will I lift myself up.

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

11 Ye shall be pregnant with hay, [and] ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire, which 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 people shall be burnt as lime: as cut-off thorns shall they blaze up in fire.

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

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

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

14 In Zion sinners are in dread; trembling hath seized on hypocrites. “Who among us shall abide with the devouring fire? who among us shall abide 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 that walketh in righteousness, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands against taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears against hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes against looking on 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 judgement of blood, shutting his eyes that he should not see injustice.

16 He shall dwell on high; rocky strongholds shall be his refuge: his bread shall be given him; his water 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 The king in his beauty shall thy eyes behold: they shall see a far-off land.

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

18 Thy heart shall meditate [on past] terror. “Where is who wrote down? where is he that weighed? where is he that counted the towers?”

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

19 The barbarous people shalt thou not see any more, the people of a speech too obscure to be understood, of a stammering tongue, without meaning.

[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 on Zion, the town of our solemn assemblies; thy eyes shall see Jerusalem as an undisturbed residence, a tent that shall not be struck for removal; not one of the stakes of which shall ever be moved, and all the cords of which shall never be torn loose.

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 there will the Lord [show himself] mighty unto us, [in] a place of rivers and streams of ample breadth; wherein no oared galley shall go, and a gallant ship shall not 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 the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord 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 Loose hang thy tacklings; they cannot well uphold strongly their mast, they cannot spread the sail. Then are divided booty and spoil in abundance, [even] the lame take the booty.

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 no inhabitant shall say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be one whose iniquity is forgiven.

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