Isaiah 33:8-19

New International Version

⁸The highways are deserted,
    no travelers^(A) are on the roads.^(B)
The treaty is broken,^(C)
    its witnesses^[a] are despised,
    no one is respected.
⁹The land dries up^(D) and wastes away,
    Lebanon^(E) is ashamed and withers;^(F)
Sharon^(G) is like the Arabah,
    and Bashan^(H) and Carmel^(I) drop their leaves.

¹⁰“Now will I arise,^(J)” says the Lord.
    “Now will I be exalted;^(K)
    now will I be lifted up.
¹¹You conceive^(L) chaff,
    you give birth^(M) to straw;
    your breath is a fire^(N) that consumes you.
¹²The peoples will be burned to ashes;^(O)
    like cut thornbushes^(P) they will be set ablaze.^(Q)”

¹³You who are far away,^(R) hear^(S) what I have done;
    you who are near, acknowledge my power!
¹⁴The sinners^(T) in Zion are terrified;
    trembling^(U) grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?^(V)
    Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
¹⁵Those who walk righteously^(W)
    and speak what is right,^(X)
who reject gain from extortion^(Y)
    and keep their hands from accepting bribes,^(Z)
who stop their ears against plots of murder
    and shut their eyes^(AA) against contemplating evil—
¹⁶they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,^(AB)
    whose refuge^(AC) will be the mountain fortress.^(AD)
Their bread will be supplied,
    and water will not fail^(AE) them.

¹⁷Your eyes will see the king^(AF) in his beauty^(AG)
    and view a land that stretches afar.^(AH)
¹⁸In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:^(AI)
    “Where is that chief officer?
Where is the one who took the revenue?
    Where is the officer in charge of the towers?^(AJ)”
¹⁹You will see those arrogant people^(AK) no more,
    people whose speech is obscure,
    whose language is strange and incomprehensible.^(AL)