Isaiah 33:1-12

Complete Jewish Bible

33 Woe, destroyer, yourself undestroyed!
Woe, betrayer, yourself unbetrayed!
When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed;
when you tire of betraying, they will betray you.

² Adonai, show us mercy;
we have waited for you.
Be their arm every morning,
and our salvation in time of trouble.
³ At the sound of the tumult, the peoples wander off;
when you exalt yourself, the nations are scattered.
⁴ Your spoil is gathered as if stripped by shearer-worms;
they run over it like a swarm of locusts.

⁵ Adonai is exalted, for he dwells on high;
he has filled Tziyon with justice and right.
⁶ He will be the stability of your times,
a wealth of salvation, wisdom and knowledge,
and fear of Adonai, which is his treasure.

⁷ Hear their brave men crying out for help!
The envoys of peace weep bitterly.
⁸ The highways are deserted, there are no travelers.
He has broken the covenant, despised the cities;
he has no regard for human life.
⁹ The land is mourning and wilting away.
The L’vanon is withering with shame.
The Sharon has become like the ‘Aravah.
Bashan and Karmel have been shaken bare.

¹⁰ “Now I will arise,” says Adonai,
“Now I will exalt and lift myself up.
¹¹ You conceive chaff and give birth to stubble,
your breath is a fire devouring you.
¹² The peoples will be as if burned into lime,
like thorns cut off to burn in the fire.