Isaiah 33:1–13

A Prophecy of Deliverance from Foes

³³Woe to the destroyer,

who yourself have not been destroyed;

you treacherous one,

with whom no one has dealt treacherously!

When you have ceased to destroy,

you will be destroyed;

and when you have stopped dealing treacherously,

you will be dealt with treacherously.^*

²O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you.

Be our arm every morning,

our salvation in the time of trouble.^*

³At the sound of tumult, peoples fled;

before your majesty, nations scattered.^*

⁴Spoil was gathered as the caterpillar gathers;

as locusts leap, they leaped^j upon it.

⁵The Lord is exalted; he dwells on high;

he filled Zion with justice and righteousness;^*

⁶he will be the stability of your times,

abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge;

the fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.^k*

⁷Listen! The people of Ariel^l cry out in the streets;

the envoys of peace weep bitterly.^*

⁸The highways are deserted;

travelers have quit the road.

The treaty is broken;

its oaths^m are despised,

the people are disregarded.

⁹The land mourns and languishes;

Lebanon is confounded and withers away;

Sharon is like a desert,

and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

¹⁰“Now I will arise,” says the Lord,

“now I will lift myself up;

now I will be exalted.

¹¹You conceive chaff; you bring forth stubble;

wind like a fireⁿ will consume you.

¹²And the peoples will be as if burned to lime,

like thorns cut down that are burned in the fire.”

¹³Hear, you who are far away, what I have done,

and you who are near, acknowledge my might.