Isaiah 33
The Lord Will Rescue Jerusalem From Assyria
1 How horrible it will be for you, you destroyer,although you haven’t been destroyed.How horrible it will be for you, you traitor,although you haven’t been betrayed.When you’ve finished destroying, you will be destroyed.When you’ve finished being a traitor, you will be betrayed.2 O Lord, have pity on us.We wait with hope for you.Be our strength in the morning.Yes, be our savior in times of trouble.3 People flee from the noise of your army.Nations scatter when you attack.4 You nations, your loot is gathered as grasshoppers harvest a crop.Like swarming locusts, people rush for your loot.5 The Lord is honored because he lives on high.He will fill Zion with justice and righteousness.6 He will be the foundation of your future.The riches of salvation are wisdom and knowledge.The fear of the Lord is your treasure.7 Heroes cry in the streets.Messengers of peace cry bitterly.8 Highways are deserted.Travelers stop traveling.Agreements are broken.Witnessest are rejected.People are no longer respected.9 The country grieves and wastes away.Lebanon is ashamed and is decaying.Sharon has become like a wilderness.Bashan and Carmel are shaken.10 The Lord says, “Now I will arise.Now I will get up.Now I will be lifted up.”11 You will be pregnant with hay.You will give birth to straw.Your breath will be a fire which will burn you up.12 People will be cremated.They will be set on fire like dry thornbushes.13 Hear what I have done, you people who are far away!Acknowledge my might, you people who are near!14 The sinners in Zion are terrified.Trembling seizes the ungodly.Can any of us live through a fire that destroys?Can any of us live through a fire that burns forever?15 The person who does what is right and speaks the truth will live.He rejects getting rich by extortion and refuses to take bribes.He refuses to listen to those who are plotting murders.He doesn’t look for evil things to do.16 This person will live on high.His stronghold will be a fortress made of rock.He will have plenty of foodand a dependable supply of water.17 Your eyes will see how handsome the king is.You will see a land that stretches into the distance.18 Your mind will be thinking of the terrors in the past.Where are the scribes?Where are the tax collectors?Where are those who counted the towers?19 You will no longer see those savage people,those people with an unrecognizable language,with a foreign language that you can’t understand.20 Look at Zion, the city of our festivals.Your eyes will see Jerusalem as a peaceful place.It is a tent that can’t be moved.Its tent pegs will never be pulled out,and none of its ropes will be broken.21 The Lord will be our mighty defenderin a place surrounded by wide rivers and streams.Ships with oars won’t travel on them.Stately ships won’t sail on them.22 The Lord is our judge.The Lord is our lawgiver.The Lord is our king.The Lord is our savior.23 Your ropes hang loose,your mast isn’t secure,and your sail isn’t spread out.A large amount of loot will be distributed.Lame people will carry off your loot.24 No one who lives in Zion will say, “I’m sick.”The sins of its inhabitants will be forgiven.
Isaiah 33
1 Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destroy, thou shalt be destroyed; and when thou hast made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.2 O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.3 At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations are scattered.4 And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathereth: as locusts leap shall men leap upon it.5 Jehovah is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness.6 And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of Jehovah is thy treasure.7 Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: the enemy hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth not man.9 The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.10 Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; now will I lift up myself; now will I be exalted.11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.12 And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:16 He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold a land that reacheth afar.18 Thy heart shall muse on the terror: Where is he that counted, where is he that weighed the tribute? where is he that counted the towers?19 Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not comprehend, of a strange tongue that thou canst not understand.20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.21 But there Jehovah will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.22 For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah is our lawgiver, Jehovah is our king; he will save us.23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not strengthen the foot of their mast, they could not spread the sail: then was the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame took the prey.24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.