Isaiah 33
1 Woe to you, destroyer who has not been destroyed! Woe to the betrayer whom they have not betrayed! When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed. When you stop betraying, they will betray you.
Woe, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee.
2 Yahweh, be gracious to us; we wait for you; be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.
O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.
3 At the loud noise the peoples flee; when you arise, the nations are scattered.
From the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations.
4 Your spoil is gathered as the locusts gather; as locusts leap, men leap on it.
And gathered hath been your spoil, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts is he running on it.
5 Yahweh is exalted. He lives in a high place. He will fill Zion with justice and righteousness.
Set on high is Jehovah, for He is dwelling on high, He filled Zion [with] judgment and righteousness,
6 He will be the stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of Yahweh is his treasure.
And hath been the stedfastness of thy times, The strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, Fear of Jehovah — it [is] His treasure.
7 Look, their envoys cry in the streets; the diplomats hoping for peace weep bitterly.
Lo, 'Their Ariel,' they have cried without, Messengers of peace do weep bitterly.
8 The highways are deserted; there are no more travelers. Covenants are broken, witnesses are despised, and mankind is not respected.
Desolated have been highways, Ceased hath he who passeth along the path, He hath broken covenant, He hath despised enemies, He hath not esteemed a man.
9 The land mourns and withers away; Lebanon is ashamed and withers away; Sharon is like a desert plain; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.
10 “Now will I arise,” says Yahweh; “now I will be lifted up; now I will be elevated.
Now, do I arise, saith Jehovah, Now I am exalted, now I am lifted up.
11 You conceive chaff, and you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you.
Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! — fire devoureth you.
12 The peoples will be burned to lime, as thornbushes are cut down and are burned.
And peoples have been [as] burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn.
13 You who are far away, hear what I have done; and, you who are near, acknowledge my might.”
Hear, ye far off, that which I have done, And know, ye near ones, My might.
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can sojourn with a raging fire? Who among us can sojourn with everlasting burnings?
Afraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us — consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us — burnings of the age?
15 He who walks righteously and speaks honestly; who despises the gain of oppression, who shakes his hand so that it will not accept a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed, and who shuts his eyes from looking on evil—
Whoso 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 this is the man who will dwell on the heights, his place of defense will be the fortress among the cliffs, his food will be given, and his water will be in steady supply.
He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock [are] his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.
17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty; they will see a land off in the distance.
A king in his beauty, see do thine eyes, They see a land afar off.
18 Your heart will recall the terror; where is the scribe, where is he who weighed the money? Where is he who counted the towers?
Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where [is] he who is counting? Where [is] he who is weighing? Where [is] he who is counting the towers?
19 You will no longer see the defiant people, a people of a strange language that you do not understand.
The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.
20 Look at Zion, the city of our feasts; your eyes will see Jerusalem as a quiet habitation, a tent that will not be removed, whose stakes will never be pulled up nor will any of its cords be broken.
See Zion, the city of our meetings, Thine eyes see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, A tent not taken down, Not removed are its pins for ever, And none of its cords are broken.
21 Instead, Yahweh in majesty will be with us, in a place of broad rivers and streams. No warship with oars will travel it, and no large ships will sail by.
But there mighty [is] Jehovah for us, A place of rivers — streams broad of sides, No ship with oars doth go into it, And a mighty ship doth not pass over it.
22 For Yahweh is our judge, Yahweh is our lawgiver, Yahweh is our king; he will save us.
For Jehovah our judge, Jehovah our lawgiver, Jehovah our king — He doth save us.
23 Your riggings are slack; they cannot hold the mast in place; they cannot spread the sail; when the great spoil is divided, even the lame will drag off the spoil.
Left have been thy ropes, They strengthen not rightly their mast, They have not spread out a sail, Then apportioned hath been a prey of much spoil, The lame have taken spoil.
24 The inhabitants will not say, “I am sick;” the people who live there will be forgiven for their iniquity.
Nor doth an inhabitant say, 'I was sick,' The people that is dwelling in it, is forgiven of iniquity!
