Isa 33
1
Woe to you that destroy, and you were not destroyed; and deal treacherously, and they
dealt not treacherously with you! When you have ceased to destroy, you shall be destroyed;
and when you have made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously
with you.
2
O YHWH, be gracious to us; we have waited for you: be you our arm every morning, our
salvation also in the time of trouble.
3
At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of yourself the
nations are scattered.
4
And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathers: as locusts leap shall
men leap upon it.
5
YHWH is exalted; for he dwells on high: he has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6
And there shall be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge:
the fear of YHWH is your treasure.
7
Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
8
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases: [the enemy] has broken the covenant,
he has despised the cities, he regards not man.
9
The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is confounded and withers away; Sharon is
like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their leaves].
10
Now will I arise, says YHWH; now will I lift up myself; now will I be exalted.
11
You shall conceive chaff, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that
shall devour you.
12
And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned
in the fire.
13
Hear, you that are far off, what I have done; and, you that are near, acknowledge
my might.
14
The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless ones: Who among us
can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?
15
He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions,
that shakes his hands from taking a bribe, that stops his ears from hearing of blood,
and shuts his eyes from looking upon 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.
17
Your eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold a land that reaches
afar.
18
Your heart shall muse on the terror: Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed
[the tribute]? where is he who counted the towers?
19
You shall not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can not comprehend,
of a strange tongue that you can not understand.
20
Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: your 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 its cords be broken.
21
But there YHWH 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.
22
For YHWH is our judge, YHWH is our lawgiver, YHWH is our king; he will save us.
23
Your 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.
24
And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be
forgiven their iniquity.