Isaiah 33

1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou hast made an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

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.

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

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

3 At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations are scattered.

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

4 And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpiller gathereth: as locusts leap shall they leap upon it.

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

5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.

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

6 And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

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

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

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

8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth not man.

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.

9 The land mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and withereth away: Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their leaves].

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

10 How will I arise, saith the LORD; now will I lift up myself; now will I be exalted.

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

11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.

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

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

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

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

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

14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath surprised the godless ones. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

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?

15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil;

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,

16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: his bread shall be given [him]; his waters shall be sure.

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

17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold a far stretching land.

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

18 Thine heart shall muse on the terror: where is he that counted, where is he that weighed [the tribute]? where is he that counted the towers?

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?

19 Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not perceive; of a strange tongue that thou canst not understand.

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

20 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 whereof shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

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.

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

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.

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

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

23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not strengthen the foot of their mast, they could not spread the sail: then was the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame took the prey.

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.

24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

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