Isaiah 33

1 Woe to thee, thou spoiler, who hast not been spoiled! Thou plunderer, who hast not been plundered! When thou hast ceased to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; When thou hast finished plundering, they shall plunder 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 Jehovah, have mercy upon us! in thee do we trust; Be thou our strength every morning, 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 voice of thy thunder the people flee; When thou dost arise, the nations are scattered.

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

4 Your spoil shall be gathered, as the locust gathereth; As the locust runneth, so shall they run upon 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 Jehovah is exalted; Yea, he dwelleth on high; He filleth Zion with justice and righteousness.

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

6 There shall be security in thy times; Wisdom and knowledge shall be thy store of prosperity, And the fear of Jehovah, this shall be thy treasure!

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.

7 Behold, the mighty men 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 are desolate; The traveller ceaseth; He breaketh the covenant; he despiseth the cities; Of men he maketh no account.

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 The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is put to shame, and withered away; Sharon is like a desert, And Bashan and Carmel are stripped of their leaves.

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

10 Now will I arise, saith Jehovah, Now will I exalt 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 conceive chaff, and bring forth stubble; Your own wrath is the 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 The nations shall be burnt into lime; Like thorns cut down, they shall be consumed with fire.

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

13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; Mark, ye that are near, my power!

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

14 The sinners in Zion are struck with dread; Terror hath seized upon the unrighteous: “Who among us can dwell in devouring fire? Who among us can dwell in everlasting flames?”

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 that which is right, That despiseth the gain of oppression, And shaketh his hands from bribery, That stoppeth his ears, so as not to hear of blood, And shutteth his eyes, so as not to behold iniquity.

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.

16 He shall dwell on high; The strongholds of rocks shall be his defence; His bread shall be given him; His water shall not fail.

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

17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his glory They shall survey a wide-extended land.

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

18 Thy heart shall meditate on the past terror: “Where now is the scribe? Where the weigher of tribute? Where he that numbered the towers?”

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

19 Thou shalt see no more a fierce people, A people of a dark language, which thou couldst not hear, And of a barbarous tongue, which thou couldst not understand;

[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 Thou shalt see Zion, the city of our solemn feasts; Thine eyes shall behold Jerusalem, as a quiet habitation. A tent that shall never be moved, Whose stakes shall never be taken away, And whose cords shall never be broken.

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 For there the glorious Jehovah will be to us Instead of rivers and broad streams, Which no oared galley shall pass, And no gallant ship go through.

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 Jehovah is our judge; Jehovah is our lawgiver; Jehovah is our king; it is he that 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 Thy ropes hang loose; They cannot hold the mast-socket, Nor can they spread the sail. Then shall a great spoil be divided; Even the lame shall take the prey.

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 No inhabitant shall say, I am sick; The people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

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