Isaiah 33
33
Ambassadors of Peace Weep Bitterly
1Oy , you destroyer, never destroyed, you traitor, never betrayed! When you have stopped destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you finish betraying, they will betray you.
2Adonai, be gracious to us! We long for You. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of trouble.
3From the noise of tumult people will flee; When You lift Yourself up, the nations will be scattered.
4Your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; like a swarm of locusts, they are rushing over it.
5Adonai is exalted, for He dwells on high! He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6It will be your time of faithfulness, a wealth of salvation, wisdom and knowledge— the fear of Adonai is His treasure.
7Behold, heroes cry outside. Ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
8Highways are desolate; travel has ceased; covenant is broken; cities are despised; there is no regard for humanity.
9The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is shamed and withers; Sharon is like a wilderness; Bashan and Carmel are shaken bare.
Our Eternal Judge Arises
10“Now I will arise,” says Adonai. “Now I will be exalted. Now I will lift Myself up.
11You conceive chaff, you will give birth to stubble. My breath is a fire that will consume you.
12Then peoples will be burned as lime, like thorns cut down, burned in the fire.
13Hear, you who are afar off, what I have done, and you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
14Sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can live with the consuming fire?” “Who among us can live with everlasting burnings?”
15One who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly, who refuses unjust gain by extortion, who shakes his hands free of bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking on evil.
16He will dwell on the heights— his refuge will be an impregnable cliff. His bread will be provided, his water assured.
17Your eyes will see the King in His beauty. They will gaze at a far-distant land.
18Your heart will meditate on terror: “Where is the counter?” “Where is the weigher?” “Where is the counter of towers?”
19You will no longer see the fierce people, the people of speech too obscure to comprehend, with a stammering tongue no one understands.
20Look upon Zion, city of our Festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem as a quiet home, a tent that will never be folded, Its stakes never pulled up, its cords never broken.
21For there the majestic One, Adonai, will be for us— a place of rivers and wide canals, on which no boat with oars will go, nor any mighty ship will travel by.
22For Adonai is our Judge, Adonai is our Lawgiver, Adonai is our King— He will save us!
23Your cords hang slack, not holding the mast in place firmly, nor spreading out the sail. Then abundant spoil will be divided— even the lame will carry off plunder.
24No inhabitant will say, “I am sick.” The people dwelling there will be forgiven their iniquity.
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Isaiah 33
33
Zion Restored
1Woe to you, destroyer, you who have not been destroyed.
Woe to you, traitor, you who have not been betrayed.
When you have finished your work of destroying,
you will be destroyed,
and when you have completed your betrayal,
you will be betrayed. # 33:1 This refers to Sennacherib, the king of Assyria. When Assyria was finished destroying Jerusalem, God would destroy Assyria. See 2 Kings 19:35–37.
2Yahweh, be gracious to us,
for we wait for you. # 33:2 The Hebrew concept of waiting is not passive but includes joining our hearts to God and looking to him alone to help us.
Be our strength # 33:2 Or “arm,” a metaphor for strength. every morning
and rescue us when troubles come.
3The nations retreat at the sound of your roaring voice.
The nations scatter as you arise in your majesty.
4Their # 33:4 Or “Your.” spoil will be harvested,
carried away like locusts that strip a field bare.
And like leaping locusts, men will leap upon the spoils.
5Yahweh is high and lifted up; he dwells # 33:5 The Hebrew uses the word shakan, the word from which we get “shekinah [glory].” We could say, “Yahweh is shekinah’d on high.” on high!
He lavished his justice and righteousness on Zion!
6He will be your constant source of stability in changing times,
and out of his abundant love he gives you
the riches of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.
Yes, the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure!
7Listen! The valiant ones # 33:7 Or “the Arielites [lions of God].” Others translate it “priests.” cry in the streets
and envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8The highways are deserted
and the travelers have disappeared.
Covenants are broken and witnesses # 33:8 As translated from Dead Sea scroll 1QIsaa. Some manuscripts have “cities.” rejected,
and no one is respected.
9The land mourns and languishes.
Lebanon is disgraced and withered.
The fields of Sharon are like a desert.
The lands of Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.
10“Now I will arise,” says the Lord.
“Now I will exalt myself; now I will unveil my majesty!
11Assyria, your plans are worthless, as useless as chaff. # 33:11 Or “You conceive straw and are pregnant with chaff.”
My breath # 33:11 Or “Your breath.” will be a fire that consumes you.
12As a thorn bush is cut down and thrown into the fire,
your nation will be burned to ashes of lime.”
The Righteous King
13“You who are far away, listen to what I have done,
and you who draw near to me,
acknowledge my power and strength!
14Sinners in Zion are afraid,
and the godless are gripped with panic,
saying, ‘Who can dwell with such an all-consuming fire?
Who can live in the presence of the never-ending flame?’
15Only those who walk with integrity and speak what is true, # 33:15 See Ps. 15.
who despise even the thought of cheating the poor,
and do not accept a bribe, nor plot violence,
nor contemplate doing evil # 33:15 Or “[who] shut their eyes from seeing evil [harming others].” —
16they will live safely on the heights
and make their safe place the mountain strongholds,
with bread in steady supply and water assured.” # 33:16 This verse refers to those who are enthroned with Christ and seated with him in the heavenly realm (see Eph. 2:6; Rev. 3:21). They receive a supernatural supply of revelation-bread and living water. Their eyes are fixed on their beautiful King, not on themselves or their ministries.
17In this high place, your eyes will see
the king # 33:17 This is the King of Glory, the King of kings. No earthly king is in view here. See Song. 2:10–13; Eph. 1:3; 2:6; 2 Peter 1:3–4. in his stunning beauty
and gaze upon his broad domain. # 33:17 Or “land of distances.”
18You will look back on the fears of your past and say,
“Now, where is the scholar? # 33:18 As translated from the Septuagint. The Hebrew is “Where is the counter?” Where is the adviser? # 33:18 As translated from the Septuagint. The Hebrew is “Where is the one who weighs the money [tribute]?”
Where is the one who numbers those who are maturing?” # 33:18 As translated from the Septuagint. The Hebrew is “Where is the one who counts the towers?”
19You will no longer see the defiant foreigner
who speaks a strange, incomprehensible language.
20Set your gaze on Zion,
the city where we gather for Yahweh’s feasts. # 33:20 See Lev. 23; Deut. 16.
Your eyes will see Jerusalem as a quiet, pleasant place.
It is a secure dwelling, permanent and unmovable,
not like a tabernacle that must be taken down,
its pegs pulled up, and transported.
21Glorious Yahweh will be there for us
in a land with broad rivers and life-giving streams, # 33:21 This points to a restoration of Eden’s paradise. See Gen. 2:10; Ezek. 47:1–12; Acts 3:21.
where the hostile, majestic ships will not sail. # 33:21 The Hebrew of this clause is uncertain.
22The Lord Yahweh is our Judge, our Lawgiver, and our King; # 33:22 Isaiah referred to the three forms of government in Israel’s history: the law of Moses, the judges, and the kings.
he will save us completely! # 33:22 See 1 Thess. 5:23.
23Your ropes hang loose,
your mast is not secure, and your sail is not unfurled. # 33:23 Their “cords” (of faith) were not tightly fastened to Yahweh, their “mast” (human strength) was not secure, and their “sail” (to move forward by the Spirit-wind of God) was not unfurled, yet God would be faithful to them.
Then there will be a great plunder,
such an abundant treasure divided # 33:23 These are the spoils of the great victory of Christ, won for us through his death, resurrection, and ascension. See Eph. 1:3; 4:8; Col. 2:13–15.
that even the lame will seize their rich share. # 33:23 The “lame [feeble]” are those who worship with a limp (see Gen. 32:24–32).
24No one living in Zion will say, “I am sick,”
for all who live there will have their sin forgiven.
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