Isaiah 33

1 Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.

2 O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.

3 The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.

4 Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.

5 The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

6 He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.

7 Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.

8 The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.

9 The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

10 “Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.

11 You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.

12 The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.

13 You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”

14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”

15 He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—

16 he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.

17 Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.

18 Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”

19 You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.

20 Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

21 But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.

22 For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.

23 Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.

24 And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.

1 ¶ Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou [wast] not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; [and] when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

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.

3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

4 And your spoil shall be gathered [like] the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

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

6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, [and] strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD [is] his treasure.

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

8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

9 The earth mourneth [and] languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed [and] hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their fruits].

10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.

11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, [as] fire, shall devour you.

12 And the people shall be [as] the burnings of lime: [as] thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

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

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

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 seeing evil;

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

17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.

18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where [is] the scribe? where [is] the receiver? where [is] he that counted the towers?

19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, [that thou canst] not understand.

20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle [that] shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

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

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

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

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

1 But woe unto thee, thou destroyer! Thinkest thou that thou shalt not be destroyed? And thou despiser, thinkest thou that thou shalt not be despised? When thou hast made an end of disturbing, thou shalt be destroyed: and when thou hast made an end of despising, thou shalt be despised again.

2 O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we wait for thee: let their arm be early, and our salvation in the time of trouble.

3 Let the nations flee from the great tumult, and let the heathen be scattered, when thou art lifted up.

4 Then shall ye be taken up as a prey, as the locusts are taken up, and as the beetles are scattered when they are attacked.

5 The LORD is exalted, because he dwelleth on high. He hath made Zion full of judgment and righteousness.

6 And in thy days shall faith be, and dominion, and salvation, and wisdom, and prudence, and the fear of the LORD, shall be his treasure.

7 Behold, their messengers cry without, the angels of peace weep bitterly (saying):

8 The highways are desolate; no man walketh in the streets. He hath neither faith nor allegiance; he hath rejected the cities, he hath not regarded the people.

9 The land lieth miserable and desolate, Lebanon standeth shamefully hewn down, and Saron is as a field, and Bashan and Carmel are desolate.

10 Now will I arise, saith the LORD, now will I rise up, now will I come up.

11 With straw ye conceive, and with stubble ye give birth: fire shall consume you with your courage.

12 For the nations shall be burned with lime, as cut thorns are burned with fire.

13 Hear ye therefore, ye that are afar off, what I have done: and ye that are nigh, mark my strength.

14 The sinners of Zion are afraid, trembling is come upon the hypocrites, saying, Who is there among us that shall dwell by a consuming fire? Who is among us that shall dwell by the everlasting fire?

15 He that walketh in righteousness, and speaketh that which is right; he that hateth iniquity with covetousness, and shaketh his hands that he take not gifts; he that stoppeth his ears that he hear not the sin of blood, and stoppeth his eyes that he see not evil,

16 He shall dwell on high, and the rocks shall be his stronghold and his refuge. His bread shall be given him, and his water shall be sure.

17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty, thou shalt see the land enlarged,

18 That thine heart shall wonder greatly, saying, Where then are the scribes? Where are the counsellors? Where are the chancellors?

19 For this thou shalt not see the strong people, the people of low speech, which cannot be heard, and of an uncertain tongue, which cannot be understood.

20 Look, O Zion, the city of our tabernacle. Thine eyes shall see Jerusalem, a sure habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be removed; whose nails shall never be pulled out, neither shall any of her cords be broken.

21 For the LORD shall be mighty there with us, and there shall be broad channels, that no ship with oars shall pass over them, neither shall any galley go over them.

22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our master, the LORD is our king, he helpeth us.

23 Let them stretch out their cords, and they shall not hold: so shall they not set out the ensign upon the mast. Then shall many precious spoils be given out, that even the lame shall spoil.

24 And no inhabitant shall say, I am weak. For the people that dwell therein shall have forgiveness of sins.