Jesaja 33
Schlachter 2000
Jerusalems Not und Rettung
33 Wehe dir, du Verwüster, der doch selbst nicht verwüstet worden ist, du Räuber, den man doch nicht beraubt hat! Wenn du dein Verwüsten vollendet hast, sollst auch du verwüstet werden; wenn du deinen Raub erlangt hast, wird man dich berauben!
2 Herr, sei uns gnädig; wir hoffen auf dich! Sei du jeden Morgen unser Arm[a], ja, sei du unsere Rettung zur Zeit der Drangsal!
3 Die Völker werden fliehen vor dem donnernden Tosen, und die Heiden werden sich zerstreuen, wenn du dich erhebst.
4 Da wird man eure Beute wegraffen, wie die Heuschrecken wegraffen; wie die Käfer rennen, so rennt man darauflos.
5 Der Herr ist erhaben; ja, er wohnt in der Höhe; er hat Zion mit Recht und Gerechtigkeit erfüllt.
6 Und du wirst sichere Zeiten haben, eine Fülle von Heil, Weisheit und Erkenntnis; die Furcht des Herrn, die wird [Zions] Schatz sein.
7 Siehe, ihre Helden schreien draußen, die Friedensboten weinen bitterlich.
8 Die Straßen sind verödet, der Wanderer zieht nicht hindurch. Man hat den Bund gebrochen, die Städte misshandelt, den Sterblichen verachtet!
9 Das Land trauert, es schwindet dahin; der Libanon schämt sich, er welkt dahin; Saron ist einer Wüste gleich, Baschan und Karmel schütteln ihr Laub ab.
10 Nun will ich mich aufmachen, spricht der Herr, jetzt will ich mich erheben, jetzt will ich mich aufrichten!
11 Ihr geht schwanger mit Heu, ihr werdet Stroh gebären; ihr blast ein Feuer an, das euch selbst verzehren wird!
12 Die Völker sollen zu Kalk verbrannt werden; wie abgehauene Dornen sollen sie im Feuer verbrennen.
13 Hört, ihr Fernen, was ich tue, und ihr Nahen, erkennt meine Stärke!
14 Die Sünder in Zion sind erschrocken, Zittern hat die Heuchler ergriffen: »Wer von uns kann bei einem verzehrenden Feuer wohnen? Wer von uns kann bei der ewigen Glut bleiben?« —
15 Wer in Gerechtigkeit wandelt und aufrichtig redet; wer es verschmäht, durch Bedrückung Gewinn zu machen; wer sich mit seinen Händen wehrt, ein Bestechungsgeschenk anzunehmen; wer seine Ohren verstopft, um nicht von Blutvergießen zu hören; wer seine Augen verschließt, um Böses nicht mit anzusehen —
16 der wird auf Höhen wohnen, Felsenfesten sind seine Burg; sein Brot wird ihm gegeben, sein Wasser versiegt nie.
17 Deine Augen werden den König in seiner Schönheit schauen; du wirst das Land erweitert sehen.[b]
18 Dein Herz wird an die Schreckenszeit zurückdenken: »Wo ist nun, der [den Tribut] zählte? wo, der [das Gold] abwog? wo, der die Türme zählte?«
19 Da wirst du das freche Volk nicht mehr sehen, das Volk mit der dunklen Rede, die man nicht verstehen kann, mit der stammelnden Sprache ohne Sinn.
20 Schaue Zion an, die Stadt unserer Festversammlungen! Deine Augen werden Jerusalem sehen als eine sichere Wohnstätte, als ein Zelt, das nicht mehr wandert, dessen Pflöcke nie mehr herausgezogen werden und von dessen Seilen keines je losgerissen wird.
21 Denn dort wird der Herr in seiner Majestät bei uns sein, an einem Ort der Flüsse, der breiten Ströme; gegen ihn wird keine Ruderflotte kommen und kein mächtiges Schiff sich herüberwagen.
22 Denn der Herr ist unser Richter, der Herr ist unser Gesetzgeber, der Herr ist unser König; er wird uns retten!
23 Deine Taue sind locker geworden, dass sie weder ihren Mastbaum festhalten noch das Segel ausbreiten können![c] Dann wird Raub in Menge ausgeteilt werden, sodass auch die Lahmen Beute machen.
24 Und kein Einwohner wird sagen: »Ich bin schwach!« Dem Volk, das darin wohnt, wird die Sünde vergeben sein.
Isaiah 33
New International Version
Distress and Help
33 Woe(A) to you, destroyer,
you who have not been destroyed!
Woe to you, betrayer,
you who have not been betrayed!
When you stop destroying,
you will be destroyed;(B)
when you stop betraying,
you will be betrayed.(C)
2 Lord, be gracious(D) to us;
we long for you.
Be our strength(E) every morning,
our salvation(F) in time of distress.(G)
3 At the uproar of your army,(H) the peoples flee;(I)
when you rise up,(J) the nations scatter.
4 Your plunder,(K) O nations, is harvested(L) as by young locusts;(M)
like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.
5 The Lord is exalted,(N) for he dwells on high;(O)
he will fill Zion with his justice(P) and righteousness.(Q)
6 He will be the sure foundation for your times,
a rich store of salvation(R) and wisdom and knowledge;
the fear(S) of the Lord is the key to this treasure.[a](T)
7 Look, their brave men(U) cry aloud in the streets;
the envoys(V) of peace weep bitterly.
8 The highways are deserted,
no travelers(W) are on the roads.(X)
The treaty is broken,(Y)
its witnesses[b] are despised,
no one is respected.
9 The land dries up(Z) and wastes away,
Lebanon(AA) is ashamed and withers;(AB)
Sharon(AC) is like the Arabah,
and Bashan(AD) and Carmel(AE) drop their leaves.
10 “Now will I arise,(AF)” says the Lord.
“Now will I be exalted;(AG)
now will I be lifted up.
11 You conceive(AH) chaff,
you give birth(AI) to straw;
your breath is a fire(AJ) that consumes you.
12 The peoples will be burned to ashes;(AK)
like cut thornbushes(AL) they will be set ablaze.(AM)”
13 You who are far away,(AN) hear(AO) what I have done;
you who are near, acknowledge my power!
14 The sinners(AP) in Zion are terrified;
trembling(AQ) grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?(AR)
Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
15 Those who walk righteously(AS)
and speak what is right,(AT)
who reject gain from extortion(AU)
and keep their hands from accepting bribes,(AV)
who stop their ears against plots of murder
and shut their eyes(AW) against contemplating evil—
16 they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,(AX)
whose refuge(AY) will be the mountain fortress.(AZ)
Their bread will be supplied,
and water will not fail(BA) them.
17 Your eyes will see the king(BB) in his beauty(BC)
and view a land that stretches afar.(BD)
18 In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:(BE)
“Where is that chief officer?
Where is the one who took the revenue?
Where is the officer in charge of the towers?(BF)”
19 You will see those arrogant people(BG) no more,
people whose speech is obscure,
whose language is strange and incomprehensible.(BH)
20 Look on Zion,(BI) the city of our festivals;
your eyes will see Jerusalem,
a peaceful abode,(BJ) a tent(BK) that will not be moved;(BL)
its stakes will never be pulled up,
nor any of its ropes broken.
21 There the Lord will be our Mighty(BM) One.
It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.(BN)
No galley with oars will ride them,
no mighty ship(BO) will sail them.
22 For the Lord is our judge,(BP)
the Lord is our lawgiver,(BQ)
the Lord is our king;(BR)
it is he who will save(BS) us.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 33:6 Or is a treasure from him
- Isaiah 33:8 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text / the cities
Isaiah 33
New King James Version
A Prayer in Deep Distress
33 Woe to you (A)who plunder, though you have not been plundered;
And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you!
(B)When you cease plundering,
You will be (C)plundered;
When you make an end of dealing treacherously,
They will deal treacherously with you.
2 O Lord, be gracious to us;
(D)We have waited for You.
Be [a]their arm every morning,
Our salvation also in the time of trouble.
3 At the noise of the tumult the people (E)shall flee;
When You lift Yourself up, the nations shall be scattered;
4 And Your plunder shall be gathered
Like the gathering of the caterpillar;
As the running to and fro of locusts,
He shall run upon them.
5 (F)The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6 Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times,
And the strength of salvation;
The fear of the Lord is His treasure.
7 Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside,
(G)The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
8 (H)The highways lie waste,
The traveling man ceases.
(I)He has broken the covenant,
[b]He has despised the [c]cities,
He regards no man.
9 (J)The earth mourns and languishes,
Lebanon is shamed and shriveled;
Sharon is like a wilderness,
And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
Impending Judgment on Zion
10 “Now(K) I will rise,” says the Lord;
“Now I will be exalted,
Now I will lift Myself up.
11 (L)You shall conceive chaff,
You shall bring forth stubble;
Your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
12 And the people shall be like the burnings of lime;
(M)Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire.
13 Hear, (N)you who are afar off, what I have done;
And you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:
“Who among us shall dwell with the devouring (O)fire?
Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”
15 He who (P)walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
He who despises the gain of oppressions,
Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes,
Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed,
And (Q)shuts his eyes from seeing evil:
16 He will dwell on [d]high;
His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks;
Bread will be given him,
His water will be sure.
The Land of the Majestic King
17 Your eyes will see the King in His (R)beauty;
They will see the land that is very far off.
18 Your heart will meditate on terror:
(S)“Where is the scribe?
Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?”
19 (T)You will not see a fierce people,
(U)A people of obscure speech, beyond perception,
Of a [e]stammering tongue that you cannot understand.
20 (V)Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see (W)Jerusalem, a quiet home,
A tabernacle that will not be taken down;
(X)Not one of (Y)its stakes will ever be removed,
Nor will any of its cords be broken.
21 But there the majestic Lord will be for us
A place of broad rivers and streams,
In which no [f]galley with oars will sail,
Nor majestic ships pass by
22 (For the Lord is our (Z)Judge,
The Lord is our (AA)Lawgiver,
(AB)The Lord is our King;
He will save us);
23 Your tackle is loosed,
They could not strengthen their mast,
They could not spread the sail.
Then the prey of great plunder is divided;
The lame take the prey.
24 And the inhabitant will not say, “I am sick”;
(AC)The people who dwell in it will be forgiven their iniquity.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 33:2 LXX omits their; Syr., Tg., Vg. our
- Isaiah 33:8 Tg. They have been removed from their cities
- Isaiah 33:8 So with MT, Vg.; DSS witnesses; LXX omits cities
- Isaiah 33:16 Lit. heights
- Isaiah 33:19 Unintelligible speech
- Isaiah 33:21 ship
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