Isaiah 33
1. Woe to thee that spoilest * , and thou wast not spoiled * ; and dealest treacherously * , and they dealt not treacherously * with thee! when thou shalt cease * to spoil * , thou shalt be spoiled * ; and when thou shalt make an end * to deal treacherously * , they shall deal treacherously * with thee.
2. O LORD, be gracious * unto us; we have waited * for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
3. At the noise of the tumult the people fled * ; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered * .
4. And your spoil shall be gathered * like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run * upon them.
5. The LORD is exalted * ; for he dwelleth * on high: he hath filled * Zion with judgment and righteousness.
6. And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
7. Behold, their valiant ones shall cry * without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep * bitterly.
8. The highways lie waste * , the wayfaring man * ceaseth * : he hath broken * the covenant, he hath despised * the cities, he regardeth * no man.
9. The earth mourneth * and languisheth * : Lebanon is ashamed * and hewn down * : Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off * their fruits.
10. Now will I rise * , saith * the LORD; now will I be exalted * ; now will I lift up * myself.
11. Ye shall conceive * chaff, ye shall bring forth * stubble: your breath,as fire, shall devour * you.
12. And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up * shall they be 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 * ; fearfulness hath surprised * the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell * with the devouring * fire? who among us shall dwell * with everlasting burnings?
15. He that walketh * righteously, and speaketh * uprightly; he that despiseth * the gain of oppressions, that shaketh * his hands from holding * of bribes, that stoppeth * his ears from hearing * of blood, and shutteth * his eyes from seeing * evil;
16. He shall dwell * on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given * him; his waters shall be sure * .
17. Thine eyes shall see * the king in his beauty: they shall behold * the land that is very far off.
18. Thine heart shall meditate * terror. Where is the scribe * ? where is the receiver * ? where is he that counted * the towers?
19. Thou shalt not see * a fierce * people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive * ; of a stammering * tongue, that thou canst not understand.
20. Look * upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see * Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down * ; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed * , neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken * .
21. But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go * no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass * thereby.
22. For the LORD is our judge * , the LORD is our lawgiver * , the LORD is our king; he will save * us.
23. Thy tacklings are loosed * ; they could not well strengthen * their mast,they could not spread * the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided * ; the lame take * the prey.
24. And the inhabitant shall not say * , I am sick * : the people that dwell * therein shall be forgiven * their iniquity.
