Isaiah 33:13–24

¹³Hear, ⁿyou who are afar off, what I have done;

And you who are near, acknowledge My might.”

¹⁴The sinners in Zion are afraid;

Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:

“Who among us shall dwell with the devouring ^ofire?

Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”

¹⁵He who ^pwalks righteously and speaks uprightly,

He who despises the gain of oppressions,

Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes,

Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed,

And ^qshuts his eyes from seeing evil:

¹⁶He will dwell on ⁴high;

His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks;

Bread will be given him,

His water will be sure.

The Land of the Majestic King

¹⁷Your eyes will see the King in His ^rbeauty;

They will see the land that is very far off.

¹⁸Your heart will meditate on terror:

^s“Where is the scribe?

Where is he who weighs?

Where is he who counts the towers?”

^19tYou will not see a fierce people,

^uA people of obscure speech, beyond perception,

Of a ⁵stammering tongue that you cannot understand.

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

Your eyes will see ^wJerusalem, a quiet home,

A tabernacle that will not be taken down;

^xNot one of ^yits stakes will ever be removed,

Nor will any of its cords be broken.

²¹But there the majestic Lord will be for us

A place of broad rivers and streams,

In which no ⁶galley with oars will sail,

Nor majestic ships pass by

²²(For the Lord is our ^zJudge,

The Lord is our ^aLawgiver,

^bThe Lord is our King;

He will save us);

²³Your tackle is loosed,

They could not strengthen their mast,

They could not spread the sail.

Then the prey of great plunder is divided;

The lame take the prey.

²⁴And the inhabitant will not say, “I am sick”;

^cThe people who dwell in it will be forgiven their iniquity.