Isaiah 33
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
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 thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou art weary with dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
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 unto us; we have waited for Thee; be Thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
3At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled. When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered.
3At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of Thyself the nations are scattered.
4Your plunder will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. Men will leap on it as locusts leap.
4And your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathereth; as locusts leap do they leap upon it.
5The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
5The LORD is exalted, for He dwelleth on high; He hath 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.
6And the stability of thy times shall be a hoard of salvation — wisdom and knowledge, and the fear of the LORD which is His treasure.
7Behold, their valiant ones cry outside; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
7Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors 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 lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth; he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth not man.
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 mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is ashamed, it withereth; Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel are clean bare.
10“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted.
10Now will I arise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift Myself up.
11You will conceive chaff. You will give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.
11Ye conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
12The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.
12And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime; as 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.”
13Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that 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 hath seized the ungodly: 'Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?'
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 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 looking upon 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 shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given, his waters shall be sure.
17Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will see a distant land.
17Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty; they shall behold a land stretching 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?
18Thy heart shall muse on the terror: 'Where is he that counted, where is he that weighed? Where is he that counted 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.
19Thou shalt not see the fierce people; a people of a deep speech that thou canst not perceive, of a stammering tongue that thou canst not 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 solemn gatherings; thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a peaceful habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords thereof 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 LORD will be with us in majesty, in a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
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; He 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.
23Thy tacklings are loosed; they do not hold the stand of their mast, they do not spread the sail; then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
24The inhabitant won’t say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.
24And the inhabitant shall not say: 'I am sick'; the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
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