Isaiah 33:1–13

Yahweh’s Judgment and Help

33Ah, destroyer, and yourself not destroyed!

And treacherous one, and no one has dealt treacherously with him!^a

When you cease^b destroying, you will be destroyed.

When you stop dealing treacherously, one will deal treacherously with you.

²Yahweh, be gracious to us, we wait for you.

Be our^c arm in the mornings,

indeed our salvation in the time of trouble.

³At the sound of tumult, peoples fled;

because of your exaltation, nations scattered.

⁴And your spoil is gathered,

as the gathering of the locust,

as a swarm of locusts storming on it.

⁵Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high;

he filled Zion with justice and righteousness,

⁶and he will be the security of your times,

an abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.

The fear of Yahweh is his treasure.

⁷Look! Their heroes cry out in the street;

the messengers of peace weep bitterly.

⁸Highways are deserted;

the traveler on the road ceases.

One breaks a treaty,

he rejects the cities,^d

he does not hold man in high regard.

⁹The land mourns; it languishes.

Lebanon feels abashed; it withers.

Sharon is like the desert,

and Bashan and Carmel are losing their leaves.^e

¹⁰“Now I will arise,” says Yahweh.

“Now I will lift myself up proudly;

now I will raise myself.

¹¹You conceive dry grass, you bring forth stubble;

your breath is a fire; it will consume you.

¹²And the peoples will be burning to lime—

they are burned like thorns that have been cut down in the fire.

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

and you who are near, know my might!”