Isaiah 33:13–24

¹³“You who are far away, ^ahear what I have done;

And you who are near, ¹acknowledge My might.”

^14aSinners in Zion are in dread;

^bTrembling has seized the godless.

“Who among us can sojourn with ^cthe consuming fire?

Who among us can sojourn with ¹continual ^dburning?”

¹⁵He who ^awalks righteously and speaks uprightly;

He who rejects greedy gain of ¹oppression,

And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;

He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed

And ^bshuts his eyes from looking upon evil;

¹⁶He will dwell on the heights,

^aHis refuge will be the strongholds of the cliffs;

^bHis bread will be given him,

His water will be sure.

¹⁷Your eyes will behold ^athe King in His beauty;

They will see ^ba far-distant land.

¹⁸Your heart will meditate on ^aterror:

“Where is ^bhe who counts?

Where is he who weighs?

Where is he who counts the towers?”

¹⁹You will no longer see a fierce people,

A people of ^1aunintelligible speech ²which no one comprehends,

Of a stammering tongue ³which no one understands.

^20aBehold Zion, the city of our appointed times;

Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an ^babode at ease,

^cA tent which will not be folded;

Its stakes will never be pulled up,

Nor any of its cords ever be torn apart.

²¹But there the Mighty One, Yahweh, will be for us

A place of ^arivers and wide canals

On which no boat with oars will go,

And on which no mighty ship will pass—

²²For Yahweh is our ^ajudge,

Yahweh is ^bour lawgiver,

Yahweh is ^cour king;

^dHe will save us—

²³Your cords hang slack;

They cannot hold the base of their mast firmly,

Nor spread out the sail.

Then the ^aprey of an abundant spoil will be divided;

^bThe lame will take the plunder.

²⁴And no one who dwells there will say, “I am ^asick”;

The people who inhabit ¹there will be ^bforgiven their iniquity.