Isaiah 33:7-16

New International Version

⁷ Look, their brave men^(A) cry aloud in the streets;
    the envoys^(B) of peace weep bitterly.
⁸ The highways are deserted,
    no travelers^(C) are on the roads.^(D)
The treaty is broken,^(E)
    its witnesses^[a] are despised,
    no one is respected.
⁹ The land dries up^(F) and wastes away,
    Lebanon^(G) is ashamed and withers;^(H)
Sharon^(I) is like the Arabah,
    and Bashan^(J) and Carmel^(K) drop their leaves.

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

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