| 33 | Isaiah | ||
| 1 | Woe 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. | A prayer for help. Is.33.1-9 | |
| 2 | O Yahweh, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble. | ||
| 3 | At the thunderous noise peoples flee, at the lifting up of yourself nations are scattered; | ||
| 4 | and spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; as locusts leap, men leap upon it. | ||
| 5 | Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness; | ||
| 6 | and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of Yahweh is his treasure. | ||
| 7 | Behold, the valiant ones cry without; the envoys of peace weep bitterly. | ||
| 8 | The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases. Covenants are broken, witnesses are despised, there is no regard for man. | ||
| 9 | The 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 Yahweh, "now I will lift myself up; now I will be exalted. | The LORD warns his enemies. Is.33.10-16 | |
| 11 | You conceive chaff, you bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you. | ||
| 12 | And the peoples will be as if burned to lime, like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire." | ||
| 13 | Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and you who are near, acknowledge my might. | ||
| 14 | The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: "Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?" | ||
| 15 | He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil, | ||
| 16 | he will dwell on the heights; his place of defence will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him, his water will be sure. | ||
| 17 | Your eyes will see the king in his beauty; they will behold a land that stretches afar. | The glorious future. Is.33.17-24 | |
| 18 | Your mind will muse on the terror: "Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed the tribute? Where is he who counted the towers?" | ||
| 19 | You will see no more the insolent people, the people of an obscure speech which you cannot comprehend, stammering in a tongue which you cannot understand. | ||
| 20 | Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, an immovable tent, whose stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken. | ||
| 21 | But there Yahweh 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. | ||
| 22 | For Yahweh is our judge, Yahweh is our ruler, Yahweh is our king; he will save us. | ||
| 23 | Your tackle hangs loose; it cannot hold the mast firm in its place, or keep the sail spread out. Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided; even the lame will take the prey. | ||
| 24 | And no inhabitant will say, "I am sick"; the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity. | ||
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