Isaiah 33
1(p) WOE to them who miserably afflict you; but none can make you miserable. Even the deceiver doth not deceive you. The deceivers shall be taken and delivered up and like a moth on a garment they shall be crushed.
2O Lord, have mercy upon us! for in Thee we have placed our trust. The seed of the rebellious were for destruction: but Thou wast our safety in the time of trouble.
3At the terror of Thy voice peoples were confounded; for fear of Thee the nations were dispersed.
4Now your spoils are to be gathered; the spoils both of small and great. As if one were gathering locusts, so will they insult you.
5Holy is the God Who dwelleth on high. Sion is filled with judgment and righteousness.
6By law they were to be delivered up; in treasures is our safety. Let there be there wisdom and knowledge and piety towards the Lord (these are the treasures of righteousness);
7then behold with the dread of you they shall be terrified—they, of whom you have been afraid, will for fear of you raise a grievous cry. Messengers will be sent weeping bitterly, suing for peace.
8For their highways shall be deserted, the dread of the nations is at an end and the treaty with them broken. And you will account them common men.
9The land mourned; Lebanon was ashamed; Saron was become fens; Galilee and Chermel were bare.
10Now will I arise, saith the Lord, Now shall I be glorified;
11now shall I be exalted; now you shall see: now you shall feel. The strength of your spirit shall be vain; a fire shall utterly devour you;
12and nations shall be burned up, as thorns in a field are rejected and burned.
13The far distant nations shall hear what I have done, they who are near shall know My power.
14The transgressors in Sion are fled; terror will seize the ungodly. Who will tell you that a fire is kindled? who will proclaim to you the place which is everlasting?
15He who is walking in righteousness, speaking of a straight way; who hateth iniquity and injustice; who shaketh his hands from bribes; who stoppeth his ears that he may not hear a bloody sentence; who shutteth his eyes against the appearance of injustice:
16he shall dwell in a lofty cavern of a strong rock: bread shall be given him and his water shall not fail.
17You shall see a king with glory; your eyes shall see a far distant land;
18your soul will meditate on terror. Where are the scribes? Where the counsellors? Where is he who numbereth them who are fed—
19The people small and great? Alas! they gave no counsel; nor did they understand Him whose voice was so low that a despised people could not hear; and [even] he who heareth hath not knowledge [to understand].
20Behold the city Sion is our salvation. Thine eyes will look upon Jerusalem. It is a rich city composed of tents which should not be shaken; nor should the pins of her tabernacle ever be moved, nor its cords broken.
21Because the name of the Lord is great to you, it shall be to you a place of streams and canals broad and spacious. Thou shalt not pass this way; nor shall a galley with oars cross;
22for my God is great and will not pass me by. The Lord our judge—the Lord our chief—the Lord our king—the Lord will Himself save us.
23Thy tacklings broke, for they had no strength; thy mast gave way. It will not support the sails, nor rear a standard until it be delivered up for a spoil; therefore many who are lame will seize the prey:
24but let not the people who dwell among these say, I am remorseful, for their sin is forgiven them.