Isaiah 33

Woe to thee ^athat spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled;

And ^bdealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee!

^cWhen 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.

²O Lord, be gracious unto us; ^dwe have waited for thee:

^eBe thou their arm ^fevery morning,

Our salvation also in the time of trouble.

³At the noise of the tumult the people fled;

^gAt the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

⁴And ^ayour spoil shall be ^hgathered like the gathering of ⁱthe caterpillar:

As the running to and fro of locusts shall he ^krun upon them.

^5lThe Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high:

He hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.

⁶And wisdom and knowledge shall be

^mThe stability of thy times, and ⁿstrength of salvation:

The fear of the Lord is his treasure.

⁷Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without:

^oThe ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

^8pThe highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth:

He ^qhath broken the covenant,

^rHe hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

^9sThe earth mourneth and ^tlanguisheth:

^uLebanon is ashamed and hewn down:

^uSharon is like a wilderness;

And ^vBashan and ^uCarmel ^wshake off their fruits.

^10xNow will I rise, saith the Lord;

Now will I be exalted;

Now will I lift up myself.

^11yYe shall conceive ^zchaff, ^yye shall bring forth ^zstubble:

Your breath, as fire, shall devour you.

¹²And the people shall be as the burnings of lime:

^aAs thorns ^bcut up shall they be burnt in the fire.

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

And ^cye that are near, acknowledge my might.

¹⁴The sinners in Zion are afraid;

^dFearfulness hath surprised ^ethe hypocrites.

^fWho among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?

Who amongst us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

^15gHe that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly;

He that despiseth the gain of ^hoppressions,

That shaketh his hands from holding of ⁱbribes,

That stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood,

And ^jshutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

^16kHe shall dwell on high:

His place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks:

Bread shall be given him; ^lhis waters shall be sure.

¹⁷Thine eyes shall see ^mthe king in his beauty:

They shall behold the land that is very far off.

¹⁸Thine heart shall meditate terror.

ⁿWhere is the scribe? where is the receiver?

Where is he that counted the towers?

^19oThou shalt not see ^pa fierce people,

^qA people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive;

Of a ^rstammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

²⁰Look upon Zion, the city of our ^ssolemnities:

^tThine eyes shall see Jerusalem a ^uquiet habitation,

A tabernacle that shall not be taken down;

^vNot one of ^wthe stakes thereof shall ever be removed,

Neither shall any of ^xthe cords thereof be broken.

²¹But there the glorious Lord will be unto us

A place of broad ^yrivers and ^ystreams;

Wherein shall go no galley with oars,

Neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

²²For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our ^zlawgiver,

^aThe Lord is our king; he will save us.

²³Thy ^btacklings ^care loosed;

They could not well strengthen their ^dmast, they could not spread ^ethe sail:

Then is ^fthe prey of a great ^fspoil divided;

^gThe lame take the prey.

²⁴And ^hthe inhabitant shall not say, I am sick:

ⁱThe people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

XXXIV.