Isaiah 33

1 Woe, spoiler! And you not spoiled, And treacherous! And they did not deal treacherously with you, When you finish, O spoiler, you are spoiled, When you finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with you.

Woe to thee who destroys, and thou were not destroyed, and deal treacherously, and they did not deal treacherously with thee! When thou have ceased to destroy, thou shall be destroyed, and when thou have made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

2 O YHWH, favor us, We have waited for You, Be their arm, in the mornings, Indeed, our salvation in time of adversity.

O Jehovah, be gracious to us, we have waited for thee. Be thou our arm every morning, also our salvation in the time of trouble.

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

At the noise of the tumult the peoples have fled. At the lifting up of thyself the nations are scattered.

4 And Your spoil has been gathered, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts He is running on it.

And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. As locusts leap, men shall leap upon it.

5 YHWH is set on high, for He is dwelling on high, He filled Zion [with] judgment and righteousness,

Jehovah is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

6 And has been the steadfastness of your times, The strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, Fear of YHWH—it [is] His treasure.

And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Jehovah is thy treasure.

7 Behold, “Their Ariel,” they have cried outside, Messengers of peace weep bitterly.

Behold, their valiant ones cry outside. The ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

8 Highways have been desolated, He who passes along the path has ceased, He has broken covenant, He has despised enemies, He has not esteemed a man.

The highways lie waste. The wayfaring man ceases. The enemy has broken the covenant. He has despised the cities. He does not regard man.

9 The land has mourned, languished, Lebanon has been confounded, Sharon has been withered as a wilderness, And Bashan and Carmel are shaking.

The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

10 Now I arise, says YHWH, Now I am exalted, now I am lifted up.

Now I will arise, says Jehovah. Now I will lift up myself. Now I will be exalted.

11 You conceive chaff, you bear stubble; Your spirit—a fire [that] devours you.

Ye shall conceive chaff. Ye shall bring forth stubble. Your breath is a fire that shall devour you.

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

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

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

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

14 Sinners have been afraid in Zion, Trembling has seized the profane: Who dwells for us—consuming fire, Who dwells for us—burnings of the age?

The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the profane. Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?

15 Whoever 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,

He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly. He who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes away his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil.

16 He inhabits high places, Strongholds of rock [are] his high tower, His bread has been given, his waters steadfast.

He shall dwell on high. His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks. His bread shall be given. His waters shall be sure.

17 Your eyes see a king in his beauty, They see a far-off land.

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty. They shall behold a land that reaches afar.

18 Your heart meditates [on] terror, Where [is] he who is counting? Where [is] he who is weighing? Where [is] he who is counting the towers?

Thy heart shall muse on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed the tribute? Where is he who counted the towers?

19 You do not see the strong people, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.

Thou shall not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou cannot comprehend, of a strange tongue that thou cannot understand.

20 See Zion, the city of our meetings, Your eyes see Jerusalem—a quiet habitation, A tent not taken down, its pins are not removed forever, And none of its cords are broken.

Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities. Thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed. The stakes of which shall never be plucked up, nor shall any of the cords of it be broken.

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

But Jehovah will be with us there in majesty. A place of broad rivers and streams, in which shall go no galley with oars, nor shall a gallant ship pass thereby.

22 For YHWH, ours who is judging, YHWH our lawgiver, YHWH our King—He saves us.

For Jehovah is our judge. Jehovah is our lawgiver. Jehovah is our king, he will save us.

23 Your ropes have been left, They do not correctly strengthen their mast, They have not spread out a sail, Then a prey of much spoil has been apportioned, The lame have taken spoil.

Thy tacklings are loosed. They could not strengthen the foot of their mast. They could not spread the sail. Then the prey of a great spoil was divided. The lame took the prey.

24 Nor does an inhabitant say, “I was sick”; The people dwelling in it [are] forgiven of [their] iniquity!

And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick. The people who dwell in it shall be forgiven their iniquity.