Isaiah 33:1–13

Distress and Help

33 Woeh to you, destroyer,

you who have not been destroyed!

Woe to you, betrayer,

you who have not been betrayed!

When you stop destroying,

you will be destroyed;i

when you stop betraying,

you will be betrayed.j

2 Lord, be graciousk to us;

we long for you.

Be our strengthl every morning,

our salvationm in time of distress.n

3 At the uproar of your army,o the peoples flee;p

when you rise up,q the nations scatter.

4 Your plunder,r O nations, is harvesteds as by young locusts;t

like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.

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

he will fill Zion with his justicew and righteousness.x

6 He will be the sure foundation for your times,

a rich store of salvationy and wisdom and knowledge;

the fearz of the Lord is the key to this treasure.a a

7 Look, their brave menb cry aloud in the streets;

the envoysc of peace weep bitterly.

8 The highways are deserted,

no travelersd are on the roads.e

The treaty is broken,f

its witnessesb are despised,

no one is respected.

9 The land dries upg and wastes away,

Lebanonh is ashamed and withers;i

Sharonj is like the Arabah,

and Bashank and Carmell drop their leaves.

10 “Now will I arise,m” says the Lord.

“Now will I be exalted;n

now will I be lifted up.

11 You conceiveo chaff,

you give birthp to straw;

your breath is a fireq that consumes you.

12 The peoples will be burned to ashes;r

like cut thornbushess they will be set ablaze.t”

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

you who are near, acknowledge my power!