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 terrified;

^bTrembling has seized the godless.

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

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

¹⁵He who ^awalks righteously and speaks with sincerity,

He who rejects ¹unjust gain

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 ¹impregnable rock;

^bHis bread will be given him,

His water will be sure.

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

They will behold ^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.

^20aLook upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;

Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an ^bundisturbed habitation,

^cA tent which will not be folded;

Its stakes will never be pulled up,

Nor any of its cords be torn apart.

²¹But there the majestic One, the Lord, 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 the Lord is our ^ajudge,

The Lord is ^bour lawgiver,

The Lord is ^cour king;

^dHe will save us—

²³Your tackle hangs slack;

It cannot hold the base of its 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 resident will say, “I am ^asick”;

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