Isaiah 33

1 Woe to you who destroy, but you weren't destroyed; and who betray, but nobody betrayed you. When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have made an end of betrayal, you will be betrayed.

Woe, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee.

2 LORD, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.

3 At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled. When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered.

From the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations.

4 Your spoil will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. Men will leap on it as locusts leap.

And gathered hath been your spoil, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts is he running on it.

5 The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

Set on high is Jehovah, for He is dwelling on high, He filled Zion [with] judgment and righteousness,

6 There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is your treasure.

And hath been the stedfastness of thy times, The strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, Fear of Jehovah — it [is] His treasure.

7 Look, their valiant ones cry outside; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

Lo, 'Their Ariel,' they have cried without, Messengers of peace do weep bitterly.

8 The highways are desolate, the traveler ceases. He has broken the covenant, he has despised the witnesses; he has no regard for man.

Desolated have been highways, Ceased hath he who passeth along the path, He hath broken covenant, He hath despised enemies, He hath not esteemed a man.

9 The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.

Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.

10 "Now I will arise," says the LORD; "Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted.

Now, do I arise, saith Jehovah, Now I am exalted, now I am lifted up.

11 You will conceive chaff. You will bring forth stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.

Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! — fire devoureth you.

12 The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.

And peoples have been [as] burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn.

13 Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and, you who are near, acknowledge my might."

Hear, ye far off, that which I have done, And know, ye near ones, My might.

14 The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?

Afraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us — consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us — burnings of the age?

15 He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—

Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,

16 he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.

He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock [are] his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.

17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will see a distant land.

A king in his beauty, see do thine eyes, They see a land afar off.

18 Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?

Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where [is] he who is counting? Where [is] he who is weighing? Where [is] he who is counting the towers?

19 You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can't comprehend, with a strange language that you can't understand.

The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.

20 Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won't be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

See Zion, the city of our meetings, Thine eyes see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, A tent not taken down, Not removed are its pins for ever, And none of its cords are broken.

21 But there the LORD will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there.

But there mighty [is] Jehovah for us, A place of rivers — streams broad of sides, No ship with oars doth go into it, And a mighty ship doth not pass over it.

22 For the LORD is our judge. The LORD is our lawgiver. The LORD is our king. He will save us.

For Jehovah our judge, Jehovah our lawgiver, Jehovah our king — He doth save us.

23 Your rigging is untied. They couldn't strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn't spread the sail. Then the prey of a great spoil was divided. The lame took the prey.

Left have been thy ropes, They strengthen not rightly their mast, They have not spread out a sail, Then apportioned hath been a prey of much spoil, The lame have taken spoil.

24 The inhabitant won't say, "I am sick." The people who dwell in it will be forgiven their iniquity.

Nor doth an inhabitant say, 'I was sick,' The people that is dwelling in it, is forgiven of iniquity!