Isaiah 33
Legacy Standard Bible
The King in His Beauty
33 Woe (A)to you, O 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.
2 O Yahweh, (E)be gracious to us; we have (F)hoped in You.
Be [a]their [b](G)strength every morning,
Our salvation also in the (H)time of distress.
3 At the sound of the tumult (I)peoples flee;
At the (J)lifting up of Yourself nations scatter.
4 Your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
As locusts rushing about men rush about on it.
5 Yahweh is (K)exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has (L)filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6 And He will be the [c](M)stability of your times,
A (N)wealth of salvation, wisdom, and (O)knowledge;
The (P)fear of Yahweh is his treasure.
7 Behold, their brave men cry in [d]the streets;
The (Q)messengers of peace weep bitterly.
8 The highways are desolate, [e]the (R)traveler has ceased;
He has (S)broken the covenant, he has rejected the cities;
He has no regard for man.
9 (T)The land mourns and languishes,
(U)Lebanon is humiliated and withers;
(V)Sharon is like a desert plain,
And Bashan and Carmel [f]lose their foliage.
10 “Now (W)I will be on high,” says Yahweh,
“Now I will be lifted up, now I will be lifted up.
11 You have (X)conceived [g]chaff, you will give birth to stubble;
[h]My (Y)breath will consume you like a fire.
12 The 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, [i]acknowledge My might.”
14 (AB)Sinners in Zion are in dread;
(AC)Trembling has seized the godless.
“Who among us can sojourn with (AD)the consuming fire?
Who among us can sojourn with [j]continual (AE)burning?”
15 He who (AF)walks righteously and speaks uprightly;
He who rejects greedy gain of [k]oppression,
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And (AG)shuts his eyes from looking upon evil;
16 He will dwell on the heights,
(AH)His refuge will be the strongholds of the cliffs;
(AI)His bread will be given him,
His water will be sure.
17 Your eyes will behold (AJ)the King in His beauty;
They will see (AK)a far-distant land.
18 Your heart will meditate on (AL)terror:
“Where is (AM)he who counts?
Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?”
19 You will no longer see a fierce people,
A people of [l](AN)unintelligible speech [m]which no one comprehends,
Of a stammering tongue [n]which no one understands.
20 (AO)Behold Zion, the city of our appointed times;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an (AP)abode at ease,
(AQ)A tent which will not be folded;
Its stakes will never be pulled up,
Nor any of its cords ever be torn apart.
21 But there the Mighty One, Yahweh, 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—
22 For Yahweh is our (AS)judge,
Yahweh is (AT)our lawgiver,
Yahweh is (AU)our king;
(AV)He will save us—
23 Your cords hang slack;
They cannot hold the base of their mast firmly,
Nor spread out the sail.
Then the (AW)prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;
(AX)The lame will take the plunder.
24 And no one who dwells there will say, “I am (AY)sick”;
The people who inhabit [o]there will be (AZ)forgiven their iniquity.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 33:2 Some versions our
- Isaiah 33:2 Lit arm
- Isaiah 33:6 Or faithfulness
- Isaiah 33:7 Lit the outside
- Isaiah 33:8 Lit he who passes along the way
- Isaiah 33:9 Lit shake off
- Isaiah 33:11 Lit dry grass
- Isaiah 33:11 As in one ancient version; M.T. Your breath
- Isaiah 33:13 Lit know
- Isaiah 33:14 Lit everlasting
- Isaiah 33:15 Lit oppressions
- Isaiah 33:19 Lit deepness of lip
- Isaiah 33:19 Lit from hearing
- Isaiah 33:19 Lit there is no understanding
- Isaiah 33:24 Lit in it
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