Isaiah 33

1 Woe to you who destroy, but you weren't destroyed; and who betray, but nobody betrayed you. When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have made an end of betrayal, you will be betrayed.

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.

2 LORD, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

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

3 At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled. When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered.

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

4 Your spoil will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. Men will leap on it as locusts leap.

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

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

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

6 There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is your treasure.

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.

7 Look, their valiant ones cry outside; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

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

8 The highways are desolate, the traveler ceases. He has broken the covenant, he has despised the witnesses; he has no regard for man.

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

9 The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.

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.

10 "Now I will arise," says the LORD; "Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted.

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

11 You will conceive chaff. You will bring forth stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.

Ye shall be pregnant with hay, [and] ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire, which shall devour you.

12 The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.

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

13 Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and, you who are near, acknowledge my might."

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

14 The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?

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?”

15 He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—

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;

16 he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.

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

17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will see a distant land.

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

18 Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?

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

19 You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can't comprehend, with a strange language that you can't understand.

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.

20 Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won't be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

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.

21 But there the LORD will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there.

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.

22 For the LORD is our judge. The LORD is our lawgiver. The LORD is our king. He will save us.

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

23 Your rigging is untied. They couldn't strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn't spread the sail. Then the prey of a great spoil was divided. The lame took the prey.

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.

24 The inhabitant won't say, "I am sick." The people who dwell in it will be forgiven their iniquity.

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