Isaiah 33:1-12

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O Lord, Be Gracious to Us

33 ^(A)Ah, you destroyer,
    who yourself have not been destroyed,
you traitor,
    whom none has betrayed!
When you have ceased to destroy,
    you will be destroyed;
and when you have finished betraying,
    they will betray you.

²O Lord, be gracious to us; ^(B)we wait for you.
    Be our arm every morning,
    our salvation in the time of trouble.
³^(C)At the tumultuous noise peoples flee;
    when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered,
⁴and your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
    ^(D)as locusts leap, it is leapt upon.

⁵^(E)The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high;
    he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness,
⁶^(F)and he will be the stability of your times,
    abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge;
    the fear of the Lord is Zion's^[a] treasure.

⁷Behold, their heroes cry in the streets;
    ^(G)the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
⁸^(H)The highways lie waste;
    the traveler ceases.
^(I)Covenants are broken;
    cities^[b] are despised;
    there is no regard for man.
⁹^(J)The land mourns and languishes;
    Lebanon is confounded and withers away;
Sharon is like a desert,
    and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

¹⁰^(K)“Now I will arise,” says the Lord,
    “now I will lift myself up;
    now I will be exalted.
¹¹^(L)You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble;
    your breath is ^(M)a fire that will consume you.
¹²And the peoples will be as if burned to lime,
    ^(N)like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.”