Isaiah 33:1–13

¹Woe to you, destroyer,

who yourself have not been destroyed;

you treacherous one,

with whom none has dealt treacherously!

When you have ceased to destroy,

you will be destroyed;

and when you have made an end of dealing treacherously,

you will be dealt with treacherously.

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

Be our arm every morning,

our salvation in the time of trouble.

³At the thunderous noise peoples flee,

at the lifting up of thyself nations are scattered;

⁴and spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;

as locusts leap, men leap upon it.

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

he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness;

⁶and he will be the stability of your times,

abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge;

the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

⁷Behold, the valiant ones^y cry without;

the envoys of peace weep bitterly.

⁸The highways lie waste,

the wayfaring man ceases.

Covenants are broken,

witnesses^z are despised,

there is no regard for man.

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;

your breath is a fire that 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 off, what I have done;

and you who are near, acknowledge my might.