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.

Alas! thou plunderer when, thou, hadst not been plundered, And thou traitor when they had not betrayed thee: When thou hast ceased plundering, thou shalt be plundered, When thou hast left off betraying, they shall betray thee.

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

O Yahweh! shew us favour, —For thee, have we waited, —Be thou their arm every morning, Yea our salvation in the time of distress.

3 At the noise of [thy] thunder people fled; when thou liftedst thyself up nations were scattered.

At the noise of a tumult, the peoples retreated, —When thou didst lift thyself up, nations were scattered.

4 And your spoil shall be gathered as the cricket gathereth: as locusts run about, so shall people hasten after it.

Then shall your spoil be gathered as the gathering of the caterpillar, —As the swift running of locusts, is he about to run upon them.

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

Exalted is Yahweh, for he inhabiteth a height, —He hath filled Zion with justice 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.

So shall a wealth of deliverances, wisdom and knowledge, become the stability of thy times, —the reverence of Yahweh, the same is his treasure.

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

Lo! their heroes, have cried out openly, —the messengers of peace, in bitterness, continue weeping [they say]:

8 The highways lie waste, ceased hath the wayfaring traveler: he hath broken the covenant, he despiseth cities, he regardeth not man.

The highways are deserted, The passer-by on the path, hath ceased, —He hath broken covenant, He hath despised cities, He hath made no account of 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 mourneth, languisheth, Lebanon, displayeth shame, is withered, —Sharon, hath become, as the waste plain, And Bashan and Carmel are shaking off their leaves.

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

Now, will I arise, Saith Yahweh, Now, will I lift myself up, 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.

Ye shall conceive chaff Ye shall bring forth stubble, —Your own breath, like fire, shall devour you.

12 And the people shall be burnt as lime: as cut-off thorns shall they blaze up in fire.

So shall peoples, become, as the burnings of lime, —As thorns lopped off, with fire, shall they be burned.

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

Hear—ye that are far off. what I have done, And know—ye that are near my might:

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?”

Terror-stricken in Zion, —are sinners, Shuddering hath seized the impious, —Who among us can sojourn with a fire that devoureth? Who among us can sojourn with burnings age-abiding?

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 walketh righteously, And speaketh uprightly, —He that refuseth the gain of exactions That shaketh his hands free from holding a bribe, That stoppeth his ear from hearkening to deeds of blood, And shutteth his eyes from giving countenance to wrong,

16 He shall dwell on high; rocky strongholds shall be his refuge: his bread shall be given him; his water shall be sure.

He, the heights, shall inhabit, A stronghold of crags, shall be his refuge, —His bread, hath been delivered, His waters, have been made sure,

17 The king in his beauty shall thy eyes behold: they shall see a far-off land.

Of a king, in his beauty, shall thine eyes have vision: They shall see a land that stretcheth 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?”

Thy heart, may murmur in terror, —Where is the scribe? Where—the receiver? Where—he that maketh a list of the towers?

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.

The fierce people, shalt thou not see, —The people of too deep a lip to be understood, of too barbarous a tongue for thee to comprehend.

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.

Look thou on Zion, the city of our appointed feast, —Thine own eyes, shall see Jerusalem—A home of comfort A tent which shall not be packed up—Whose pins shall not be pulled out, for ever, And none of, whose cords, shall be 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.

But, there shall Yahweh be our majestic one, A place of rivers—streams broad on both hands, Wherein shall go no galley with oars, Neither shall majestic ship traverse it;

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

For, Yahweh is our judge, Yahweh, is our lawgiver, —Yahweh, is our king, He will 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.

Loosed are thy ropes, —They cannot strengthen the socket of their mast They have not unfurled a sail Now, can be apportioned spoil, in abundance, The lame, have captured prey!

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

Neither shall the inhabitant say. I am sick, —the people who dwell therein, have been forgiven iniquity.