Isaiah 33
33
The LORD Will Rescue Jerusalem from Assyria
1How 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.
2O 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.
3People flee from the noise of ⌞your⌟ army.
Nations scatter when you attack.
4You nations, your loot is gathered as grasshoppers harvest a crop.
Like swarming locusts, people rush for your loot.
5The Lord is honored because he lives on high.
He will fill Zion with justice and righteousness.
6He will be the foundation of your future.
The riches of salvation are wisdom and knowledge.
The fear of the Lord is ⌞your⌟ treasure.
7Heroes cry in the streets.
Messengers of peace cry bitterly.
8Highways are deserted.
Travelers stop traveling.
Agreements are broken.
Witnesses #33:8 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text “Cities.” are rejected.
People are no longer respected.
9The country grieves and wastes away.
Lebanon is ashamed and is decaying.
Sharon has become like a wilderness.
Bashan and Carmel are shaken.
10The Lord says, “Now I will arise.
Now I will get up.
Now I will be lifted up.”
11You will be pregnant with hay.
You will give birth to straw.
Your breath will be a fire which will burn you up.
12People will be cremated.
They will be set on fire like dry thornbushes.
13Hear what I have done, you people who are far away!
Acknowledge my might, you people who are near!
14The 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?
15The 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.
16This person will live on high.
His stronghold will be a fortress made of rock.
He will have plenty of food
and a dependable supply of water.
17Your eyes will see how handsome the king is.
You will see a land that stretches into the distance.
18Your 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?
19You will no longer see those savage people,
those people with an unrecognizable language,
with a foreign language that you can’t understand.
20Look 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.
21The Lord will be our mighty defender
in a place surrounded by wide rivers and streams.
Ships with oars won’t travel on them.
Stately ships won’t sail on them.
22The Lord is our judge.
The Lord is our lawgiver.
The Lord is our king.
The Lord is our savior.
23Your 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.
24No one who lives ⌞in Zion⌟ will say, “I’m sick.”
The sins of its inhabitants will be forgiven.
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Isaiah 33
33
The Lord Is Exalted
1Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed,
O traitor never betrayed!
When you have finished destroying,
you will be destroyed.
When you have finished betraying,
you will be betrayed.
2O Lord, be gracious to us!
We wait for You.
Be our strength every morning
and our salvation in time of trouble.
3The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice;
the nations scatter when You rise.
4Your spoil, O nations, #33:4 O nations is added for clarity. is gathered as by locusts;
like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
5The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6He will be the sure foundation for your times,
a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.
The fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.
7Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets;
the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8The highways are deserted;
travel has ceased.
The treaty #33:8 Forms of the Hebrew berit are translated in most passages as covenant. has been broken,
the witnesses #33:8 DSS; MT the cities are despised,
and human life is disregarded.
9The land mourns and languishes;
Lebanon is ashamed and decayed.
Sharon is like a desert;
Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
10“Now I will arise,” says the Lord.
“Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
11You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble.
Your breath is a fire that will consume you.
12The peoples will be burned to ashes,
like thorns cut down and set ablaze.
13You who are far off, hear what I have done;
you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
14The sinners in Zion are afraid;
trembling grips the ungodly:
“Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire?
Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
15He who walks righteously
and speaks with sincerity,
who refuses gain from extortion,
whose hand never takes a bribe,
who stops his ears against murderous plots
and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
16he will dwell on the heights;
the mountain fortress will be his refuge;
his food will be provided
and his water assured.
17Your eyes will see the King in His beauty
and behold a land that stretches afar.
18Your mind will ponder the former terror:
“Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?”
19You will no longer see the insolent,
a people whose speech is unintelligible,
who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
20Look upon Zion,
the city of our appointed feasts.
Your eyes will see Jerusalem,
a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander;
its tent pegs will not be pulled up,
nor will any of its cords be broken.
21But there the Majestic One, our Lord,
will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals,
where no galley with oars will row,
and no majestic vessel will pass.
22For the Lord is our Judge,
the Lord is our lawgiver,
the Lord is our King.
It is He who will save us.
23Your ropes are slack;
they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail.
Then an abundance of spoils will be divided,
and even the lame will carry off plunder.
24And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.”
The people who dwell there
will be forgiven of iniquity.
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