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 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 O Jehovah, have mercy upon us! in thee do we trust; Be thou our strength every morning, Our salvation 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 voice of thy thunder the people flee; When thou dost arise, the nations are scattered.

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

4 Your spoil shall be gathered, as the locust gathereth; As the locust runneth, so shall they run upon it.

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

5 Jehovah is exalted; Yea, he dwelleth on high; He filleth Zion with justice and righteousness.

The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high; he hath filled Zion with justice 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!

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 Behold, the mighty men cry without: The ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

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

8 The highways are desolate; The traveller ceaseth; He breaketh the covenant; he despiseth the cities; Of men he maketh no account.

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

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.

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 will I arise, saith Jehovah, Now will I exalt myself, Now will I lift myself up.

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

11 Ye shall conceive chaff, and bring forth stubble; Your own wrath is the fire which shall 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 nations shall be burnt into lime; Like thorns cut down, they shall be consumed with fire.

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

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

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

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?”

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

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

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

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?”

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 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;

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 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.

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 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.

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 Jehovah is our judge; Jehovah is our lawgiver; Jehovah is our king; it is he that will save us.

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

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

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