Yeshayah 33

1Hoy (woe, doom) to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed;

and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously as a boged (traitor, treacherous person) with thee!

When thou shalt cease to destroy, thou shalt be destroyed;

and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously as a boged with thee.

2Hashem , be gracious unto us;

we have waited for Thee;

be Thou their zero'a in the bekarim (mornings) ,

our Yeshu'ah (salvation) also in the time of tzoros.

3At the noise of the tumult the peoples fled;

at the lifting up of Thyself the Goyim were scattered.

4And your shalal (booty, plunder, gain) shall be gathered

like the gathering of the locusts;

as the swarm of grasshoppers

shall men pounce upon them.

5Hashem is exalted; for He dwelleth on high;

He hath filled Tziyon with mishpat and tzedakah.

6And He shall be the emunah (faithfulness, stability) of thy times,

a rich store of Yeshu'ah (salvation) , chochmah, and da'as;

the yirat Hashem is his otzar (treasure) .

7Behold, their valiant ones shall cry in the street;

the malachei shalom shall weep bitterly.

8The mesillot (highways) lie in ruins,

the wayfaring man ceaseth;

he hath annulled the brit (covenant) ,

he hath despised the towns,

he regardeth no enosh (humankind) .

9Ha'aretz mourneth and languisheth;

Levanon is ashamed and shriveled;

Sharon is like an aravah;

and Bashan and Carmel shake off their foliage.

10Now will I arise, saith Hashem ;

now will I be exalted;

now will I lift up Myself.

11Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth straw;

your ruach (breath) , as eish, shall devour you.

12And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime;

as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the eish.

13Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done;

and, ye that are near, acknowledge My gevurah (might) .

14The chatta'im (sinners) in Tziyon are terrified;

trembling hath seized the khanafim (hypocrites) .

Who among us can dwell with the devouring eish?

Who among us can dwell with mokedei olam (everlasting burnings) ?

15He that walketh in tzedakot, and speaketh meisharim (right things) ,

he that despiseth the gain of extortions,

that guards his palms from accepting shochad (bribe[s]) ,

that stoppeth his ozen from hearing of dahm,

and shutteth his eynayim from seeing rah;

16He shall dwell on high;

his metzadot shall be the rocky fortress;

his lechem shall be given him; his mayim shall be unfailing.

17Thine eynayim shall see Melech in His yafeh (beauty) ;

they shall behold eretz that is very far off.

18Thine lev shall ponder terror.

Where is the sofer (scribe) ?

Where is he who weighs?

Where is he that counts the migdalim (towers) ?

19Thou shalt no longer see a fierce people,

a people of unfathomable language that is incomprehensible,

of a stammering lashon, that thou canst not understand.

20Look upon Tziyon, the city of mo'adenu (our appointed times, festivals) ;

thine eynayim shall see Yerushalayim

a quiet naveh,

an ohel that shall not be taken down;

not one stake thereof shall ever be pulled up,

neither shall any of the ropes thereof be broken.

21But there Adir Hashem will be unto us

a makom (place) of broad rivers and streams;

wherein shall go no galley with oars,

neither shall a mighty ship pass thereby.

22For Hashem is our Shofet,

Hashem is Mechokkeinu (our Lawgiver) ,

Hashem is Malkeinu;

Hu yoshieinu (He will save us) .

23Thy riggings are loosed;

they could not well strengthen their mast,

they could not spread the nes (sail) ;

then is the shalal (spoil, plunder) of a great plunder divided;

the pisechim (lame ones) take the plunder.

24And the inhabitant [of Yerushalayim] shall not say, I am ill;

the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their avon.

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