Isaiah 33

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1. 1Woe to you, destroyer, who have not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, who have not been betrayed! When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.
2. 2O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for you. Be their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
3. 3At the sound of the commotion, the people fled; when you rose up, the nations were scattered.
4. 4Your spoil will be gathered like the gathering of the caterpillar; as locusts run back and forth, he will run upon them.
5. 5The LORD is exalted, for he lives on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6. 6Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times and the strength of salvation; the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
7. 7Look — their bravest warriors are crying in the streets. The ambassadors sent to negotiate peace are weeping bitterly.
8. 8The highways are deserted; travelers have stopped. He has broken the covenant, despised the cities, and regards no one.
9. 9The earth mourns and wastes away; Lebanon is shamed and cut down; Sharon has become like a wilderness, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
10. 10"Now I will rise," says the LORD. "Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted."
11. 11You will conceive chaff and give birth to stubble; your breath will become a fire that devours you.
12. 12The people will be like the burning of lime; like cut thorns, they will be burned in the fire.
13. 13"You who are far away — hear what I have done! You who are nearby — acknowledge my might!"
14. 14The sinners in Zion are afraid; fear has seized the hypocrites. Who among us will live with the devouring fire? Who among us will live with everlasting burnings?
15. 15He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly; he who despises gain from oppression, who shakes his hands from holding bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil,
16. 16He will live on high; his place of defense will be the munitions of rocks. Bread will be given to him, and his waters will be sure.
17. 17Your eyes will see the king in all his beauty. You will gaze out over a vast and distant land.
18. 18Your heart will reflect on the terror. Where is the scribe? Where is the receiver? Where is the one who counted the towers?
19. 19You will not see a fierce people, a people of deeper speech than you can perceive, of a stammering tongue that you cannot understand.
20. 20Look at Zion, the city where we celebrate our appointed festivals! Your eyes will see Jerusalem as a peaceful home — a tent that will never be taken down. Not one of its stakes will ever be pulled up, and none of its ropes will ever snap.
21. 21But there the glorious LORD will be to us like a place of broad rivers and streams; no galley with oars will go there, nor will any gallant ship pass by.
22. 22For the LORD is our judge. The LORD is our lawgiver. The LORD is our king. He will save us.
23. 23Your rigging is loose; you cannot strengthen the mast or spread the sail. Then the prey of a great spoil is divided; even the lame take the prey.
24. 24No one living there will say, "I am sick." The people who dwell in that place will have their sin forgiven.