Isaiah 33:1–13

THE LORD RISES UP

33Woe, you destroyer never destroyed,

you traitor never betrayed!

When you have finished destroying,

you will be destroyed.

When you have finished betraying,

they will betray you.^l

²Lord, be gracious to us! We wait for you.^m

Be our strength every morning

and our salvation in time of trouble.ⁿ

³The peoples flee at the thunderous noise;^o

the nations scatter when you rise in your majesty.

⁴Your spoil will be gathered as locusts are gathered;

people will swarm over it like an infestation of locusts.

⁵The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high;

he has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

⁶There will be times of security for you—

a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.

The fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.^p

⁷Listen! Their warriors cry loudly in the streets;

the messengers of peace weep bitterly.^q

⁸The highways are deserted;

travel has ceased.

An agreement has been broken,^r

cities^A despised,

and human life disregarded.

⁹The land mourns and withers;^s

Lebanon is ashamed and wilted.

Sharon is like a desert;

Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

¹⁰“Now I will rise up,”^t says the Lord.

“Now I will lift myself up.

Now I will be exalted.

¹¹You will conceive chaff;^u

you will give birth to stubble.

Your breath is fire that will consume you.

¹²The peoples will be burned to ashes,

like thorns cut down and burned in a fire.

¹³You who are far off, hear what I have done;

you who are near,^v know my strength.”