Isaiah 33:13–24

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

and you who are near, acknowledge my might.

¹⁴The sinners in Zion are afraid;

trembling has seized the godless:

“Who among us can live with the devouring fire?

Who among us can live with everlasting flames?”

¹⁵Those who walk righteously and speak uprightly,

who despise the gain of oppression,

who wave away a bribe instead of accepting it,

who stop their ears from hearing of bloodshed

and shut their eyes from looking on evil,

¹⁶they will live on the heights;

their refuge will be the fortresses of rocks;

their food will be supplied, their water assured.

The Land of the Majestic King

¹⁷Your eyes will see the king in his beauty;

they will behold a land that stretches far away.

¹⁸Your mind will muse on the terror:

“Where is the one who counted?

Where is the one who weighed the tribute?

Where is the one who counted the towers?”^*

¹⁹No longer will you see the insolent people,

the people of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend,

stammering in a language that you cannot understand.^*

²⁰Look on Zion, the city of our appointed festivals!

Your eyes will see Jerusalem,

a quiet habitation, an immovable tent

whose stakes will never be pulled up

and none of whose ropes will be broken.^*

²¹But there the Lord in majesty will be for us

a place of broad rivers and streams

where no galley with oars can go

nor stately ship can pass.^*

²²For the Lord is our judge; the Lord is our ruler;

the Lord is our king; he will save us.^*

²³Your rigging hangs loose;

it cannot hold the mast firm in its place

or keep the sail spread out.

Then the blind will divide abundant spoil,^o

and the lame will take plunder.^*

²⁴And no inhabitant will say, “I am sick”;

the people who live there will be forgiven their iniquity.^*