Isaiah 33

Isaiah 33

1Woe 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 finished betrayal, you will be betrayed.

2LORD , be gracious to us . We have waited for you .

Be our strength every morning ,

our salvation also in the time of trouble .

3At the noise of the thunder , the peoples have fled .

When you lift yourself up , the nations are scattered .

4Your plunder will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers.

Men will leap on it as locusts leap.

5The LORD is exalted , for he dwells on high .

He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness .

6There will be stability in your times , abundance of salvation , wisdom , and knowledge .

The fear of the LORD is your treasure .

7Behold , their valiant ones cry outside ;

the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly .

8The highways are desolate .

The travelling man ceases .

The covenant is broken .

He has despised the cities .

He doesn’t respect man .

9The land mourns and languishes.

Lebanon is confounded and withers away .

Sharon is like a desert , and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.

10“Now I will arise ,” says the LORD .

“Now I will lift myself up .

Now I will be exalted .

11You will conceive chaff .

You will give birth to stubble .

Your breath is a fire that will devour you .

12The peoples will be like the burning of lime ,

like thorns that are cut down and burnt in the fire .

13Hear , you who are far off , what I have done ;

and , you who are near , acknowledge my might .”

14The sinners in Zion are afraid .

Trembling has seized the godless ones.

Who amongst us can live with the devouring fire ?

Who amongst us can live with everlasting burning ?

15He 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 bloodshed ,

and shuts his eyes from looking at evil —

16he will dwell on high .

His place of defence will be the fortress of rocks .

His bread will be supplied .

His waters will be sure.

17Your eyes will see the king in his beauty .

They will see a distant land.

18Your heart will meditate on the terror.

Where is he who counted ?

Where is he who weighed ?

Where is he who counted the towers ?

19You 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 .

20Look 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 .

21But there the LORD will be with us in majesty,

a place of wide rivers and streams ,

in which no galley with oars will go ,

neither will any gallant ship pass by there .

22For the LORD is our judge .

The LORD is our lawgiver .

The LORD is our king .

He will save us .

23Your rigging is untied.

They couldn’t strengthen the foot of their mast .

They couldn’t spread the sail .

Then the prey of a great plunder was divided .

The lame took the prey .

24The inhabitant won’t say, “I am sick .”

The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity .

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