Isaiah 33

New American Standard Bible

The Judgment of God

33 Woe ^(A)to you, destroyer,
While you were not destroyed;
And he ^(B)who is treacherous, while others did not deal treacherously with him.
As soon as you finish destroying, ^(C)you will be destroyed;
As soon as you cease to deal treacherously, others will ^(D)deal treacherously with you.
²Lord, ^(E)be gracious to us; we have ^(F)waited for You.
Be ^[a]their ^[b]^(G)strength every morning,
Our salvation also in the ^(H)time of distress.
³At the sound of a roar, ^(I)peoples flee;
At the ^(J)lifting up of Yourself, nations disperse.
⁴Your plunder is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
Like an infestation of locusts, people storm it.
⁵The Lord is ^(K)exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has ^(L)filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
⁶And He will be the ^[c]^(M)stability of your times,
A ^(N)wealth of salvation, wisdom, and ^(O)knowledge;
The ^(P)fear of the Lord is his treasure.
⁷Behold, their brave men cry out ^[d]in the streets,
The ^[e]^(Q)ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
⁸The highways are desolate, ^[f]the ^(R)traveler has ceased,
He has ^(S)broken the covenant, he has despised the cities,
He has no regard for mankind.
⁹^(T)The land mourns and wastes away,
^(U)Lebanon is shamed and withers;
^(V)Sharon is like a desert plain,
And Bashan and Carmel ^[g]lose their foliage.
¹⁰“Now ^(W)I will arise,” says the Lord,
“Now I will be exalted, now I will be lifted up.
¹¹You have ^(X)conceived ^[h]chaff, you will give birth to stubble;
^[i]My ^(Y)breath will consume you like a fire.
¹²The peoples will be burned to lime,
^(Z)Like cut thorns which are burned in the fire.

¹³“You who are far away, ^(AA)hear what I have done;
And you who are near, ^[j]acknowledge My might.”
¹⁴^(AB)Sinners in Zion are terrified;
^(AC)Trembling has seized the godless.
“Who among us can live with ^(AD)the consuming fire?
Who among us can live with everlasting ^(AE)burning?”
¹⁵One who ^(AF)walks righteously and speaks with integrity,
One who rejects ^[k]unjust gain
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
One who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And ^(AG)shuts his eyes from looking at evil;
¹⁶He will dwell on the heights,
^(AH)His refuge will be the ^[l]impregnable rock;
^(AI)His bread will be given him,
His water will be sure.

¹⁷Your eyes will see ^(AJ)the King in His beauty;
They will see ^(AK)a distant land.
¹⁸Your heart will meditate on ^(AL)terror:
“Where is ^(AM)one who counts?
Where is one who weighs?
Where is one who counts the towers?”
¹⁹You will no longer see a fierce people,
A people of ^[m]^(AN)unintelligible speech ^[n]which no one comprehends,
Of a stammering tongue ^[o]which no one understands.
²⁰^(AO)Look at Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an ^(AP)undisturbed settlement,
^(AQ)A tent which will not be folded;
Its stakes will never be pulled up,
Nor any of its ropes be torn apart.
²¹But there the majestic One, the Lord, will be for us
A place of ^(AR)rivers and wide canals
On which no boat with oars will go,
And on which no mighty ship will pass—
²²For the Lord is our ^(AS)judge,
The Lord is ^(AT)our lawgiver,
The Lord is ^(AU)our king;
^(AV)He will save us—
²³Your ship’s tackle hangs slack;
It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly,
Nor spread out the sail.
Then the ^(AW)prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;
^(AX)Those who limp will take the plunder.
²⁴And no resident will say, “I am ^(AY)sick”;
The people who live ^[p]there will be ^(AZ)forgiven their wrongdoing.