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
O Lord, Be Gracious to Us
1 # ch. 21:2; [ch. 17:14] Ah, you destroyer,
who yourself have not been destroyed,
you traitor,
whom none has betrayed!
When you have ceased to destroy,
you will be destroyed;
and when you have finished betraying,
they will betray you.
2O Lord, be gracious to us; #ch. 25:9; 26:8we wait for you.
Be our arm every morning,
our salvation in the time of trouble.
3 # ch. 17:13; [2 Kgs. 19:7] At the tumultuous noise peoples flee;
when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered,
4and your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
# [Joel 2:4, 5] as locusts leap, it is leapt upon.
5 # ch. 2:17; 5:15, 16 The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high;
he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness,
6 # [ch. 39:8] and he will be the stability of your times,
abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge;
the fear of the Lord is Zion’s#33:6 Hebrew his treasure.
7Behold, their heroes cry in the streets;
# [ch. 36:22; 2 Kgs. 18:37] the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8 # [Judg. 5:6] The highways lie waste;
the traveler ceases.
# [ver. 1]; See 2 Kgs. 18:14-17 Covenants are broken;
cities#33:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll witnesses are despised;
there is no regard for man.
9 # ch. 24:4; [Nah. 1:4] 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 #
Ps. 12:5; 68:1; [ch. 10:26] “Now I will arise,” says the Lord,
“now I will lift myself up;
now I will be exalted.
11 # [ch. 59:4; Ps. 7:14] You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble;
your breath is #ch. 10:16, 17; [Ps. 80:16]a fire that will consume you.
12And the peoples will be as if burned to lime,
# [See ver. 11 above] like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.”
13Hear, you who are far off, what I have done;
and you who are near, acknowledge my might.
14The sinners in Zion are afraid;
trembling has seized the godless:
# [Ps. 15:1; 24:3] “Who among us can dwell #ch. 66:15; Heb. 12:29with the consuming fire?
Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?”
15 # [Ps. 15:2; 24:4] 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
#
Ps. 119:37
and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
16he will dwell on the heights;
his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks;
# ch. 30:23, 25 his bread will be given him; his water will be sure.
17 # ch. 6:5; [Zech. 9:9] Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty;
# [ch. 54:2, 3] they will see a land that stretches afar.
18 # [Ps. 37:10] Your heart will muse on the terror:
“Where is he who counted, where is #[2 Kgs. 18:14] he who weighed the tribute?
Where is #[Ps. 48:12]he who counted the towers?”
19 # [2 Kgs. 19:32, 33] You will see no more the insolent people,
the people #ch. 28:11; Deut. 28:49, 50of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend,
stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand.
20Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts!
# ch. 32:18 Your eyes will see Jerusalem,
an untroubled habitation, an #ver. 6immovable tent,
whose stakes will never be plucked up,
nor will any of its cords be broken.
21But there the Lord in majesty will be for us
a place of #Ps. 46:4, 5 broad rivers and streams,
# [ch. 2:16; Ps. 48:7] where no galley with oars can go,
nor majestic ship can pass.
22For the Lord is our #[Judg. 2:16] judge; the Lord is our #James 4:12 lawgiver;
the Lord is our #[1 Sam. 12:13]king; he will save us.
23Your cords hang loose;
they cannot hold the mast firm in its place
or keep the sail spread out.
# [Gen. 49:27] Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided;
even #[Ps. 68:12]the lame will take the prey.
24And no inhabitant will say, #[ch. 1:5, 6] “I am sick”;
# ch. 1:25, 26; Jer. 50:20 the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.
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