Isaiah 33:1–24
33 Woe to you awho plunder, though you have not been plundered;
And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you!
bWhen you cease plundering,
You will be cplundered;
When you make an end of dealing treacherously,
They will deal treacherously with you.
dWe have waited for You.
Be 1their arm every morning,
Our salvation also in the time of trouble.
3 At the noise of the tumult the people eshall flee;
When You lift Yourself up, the nations shall be scattered;
4 And Your plunder shall be gathered
Like the gathering of the caterpillar;
As the running to and fro of locusts,
He shall run upon them.
5 fThe Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6 Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times,
And the strength of salvation;
The fear of the Lord is His treasure.
7 Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside,
gThe ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
8 hThe highways lie waste,
The traveling man ceases.
iHe has broken the covenant,
He regards no man.
9 jThe earth mourns and languishes,
Lebanon is shamed and shriveled;
Sharon is like a wilderness,
And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
10 “Now kI will rise,” says the Lord;
“Now I will be exalted,
Now I will lift Myself up.
11 lYou shall conceive chaff,
You shall bring forth stubble;
Your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
12 And the people shall be like the burnings of lime;
mLike thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire.
13 Hear, nyou who are afar off, what I have done;
And you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:
“Who among us shall dwell with the devouring ofire?
Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”
15 He who pwalks righteously and speaks uprightly,
He who despises the gain of oppressions,
Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes,
Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed,
And qshuts his eyes from seeing evil:
16 He will dwell on 4high;
His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks;
Bread will be given him,
His water will be sure.
17 Your eyes will see the King in His rbeauty;
They will see the land that is very far off.
18 Your heart will meditate on terror:
s“Where is the scribe?
Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?”
19 tYou will not see a fierce people,
uA people of obscure speech, beyond perception,
Of a 5stammering tongue that you cannot understand.
20 vLook upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see wJerusalem, a quiet home,
A tabernacle that will not be taken down;
xNot one of yits stakes will ever be removed,
Nor will any of its cords be broken.
21 But there the majestic Lord will be for us
A place of broad rivers and streams,
In which no 6galley with oars will sail,
Nor majestic ships pass by
22 (For the Lord is our zJudge,
The Lord is our aLawgiver,
bThe Lord is our King;
He will save us);
They could not strengthen their mast,
They could not spread the sail.
Then the prey of great plunder is divided;
The lame take the prey.
24 And the inhabitant will not say, “I am sick”;
cThe people who dwell in it will be forgiven their iniquity.