Isaiah 33
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Berean Standard Bible
1Woe to you who destroy, but you weren’t destroyed, and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betrayal, you will be betrayed.
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.
2LORD, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
2O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
3At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled. When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered.
3The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.
4Your plunder will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. Men will leap on it as locusts leap.
4Your spoil, O nations, 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.
5The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is your treasure.
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 outside; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
7Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8The highways are desolate. The traveling man ceases. The covenant is broken. He has despised the cities. He doesn’t respect man.
8The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
9The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.
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.
10“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
11You will conceive chaff. You will give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.
11You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.
12The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.
12The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.
13Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and, you who are near, acknowledge my might.”
13You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
14The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?
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 blamelessly, he who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—
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 high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.
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. They will see a distant land.
17Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.
18Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?
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 fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can’t comprehend, with a strange language that you can’t understand.
19You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
20Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won’t be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
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 LORD will be with us in majesty, a place of wide rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there.
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. He will save us.
22For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
23Your rigging is untied. They couldn’t strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn’t spread the sail. Then the prey of a great plunder was divided. The lame took the prey.
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.
24The inhabitant won’t say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.
24And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
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