Isaiah 33
New American Standard Bible 1995
The Judgment of God
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 Lord, (E)be gracious to us; we have (F)waited for 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 disperse.
4 Your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
As locusts rushing about men rush about on it.
5 The Lord 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 the Lord is his treasure.
7 Behold, their brave men cry in [d]the streets,
The [e](Q)ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
8 The highways are desolate, [f]the (R)traveler has ceased,
He has (S)broken the covenant, he has despised the cities,
He has no regard for man.
9 (T)The land mourns and pines away,
(U)Lebanon is shamed and withers;
(V)Sharon is like a desert plain,
And Bashan and Carmel [g]lose their foliage.
10 “Now (W)I will arise,” says the Lord,
“Now I will be exalted, now I will be lifted up.
11 “You have (X)conceived [h]chaff, you will give birth to stubble;
[i]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, [j]acknowledge My might.”
14 (AB)Sinners in Zion are terrified;
(AC)Trembling has seized the godless.
“Who among us can live with (AD)the consuming fire?
Who among us can live with [k]continual (AE)burning?”
15 He who (AF)walks righteously and speaks with sincerity,
He who rejects [l]unjust gain
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 [m]impregnable rock;
(AI)His bread will be given him,
His water will be sure.
17 Your eyes will see (AJ)the King in His beauty;
They will behold (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 [n](AN)unintelligible speech [o]which no one comprehends,
Of a stammering tongue [p]which no one understands.
20 (AO)Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an (AP)undisturbed habitation,
(AQ)A tent which will not be folded;
Its stakes will never be pulled up,
Nor any of its cords be torn apart.
21 But there the majestic One, the Lord, 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 the Lord is our (AS)judge,
The Lord is (AT)our lawgiver,
The Lord is (AU)our king;
(AV)He will save us—
23 Your tackle hangs slack;
It cannot hold the base of its 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 resident will say, “I am (AY)sick”;
The people who dwell [q]there will be (AZ)forgiven their iniquity.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 33:2 Some versions read our
- Isaiah 33:2 Lit arm
- Isaiah 33:6 Or faithfulness
- Isaiah 33:7 Lit the outside
- Isaiah 33:7 Lit messengers
- 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 So one ancient version; M.T. reads Your breath will
- Isaiah 33:13 Lit know
- Isaiah 33:14 Lit everlasting
- Isaiah 33:15 Lit gain of extortioners
- Isaiah 33:16 Lit stronghold of rock
- 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
Isaiah 33
1599 Geneva Bible
33 1 The destruction of them by whom God hath punished his Church.
1 Woe to thee that [a]spoilest, and wast not spoiled: and doest wickedly, and they did not wickedly against thee: when thou shalt [b]cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled: when thou shalt make an end of doing wickedly, [c]they shall do wickedly against thee.
2 [d]O Lord, have mercy upon us, we have waited for thee: be thou, which wast [e]their arm in the morning, our help also in time of trouble.
3 At the noise of the tumult, the [f]people fled: at thine [g]exalting the nations were scattered.
4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of [h]caterpillars: and [i]he shall go against him like the leaping of grasshoppers.
5 The Lord is exalted: for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and justice.
6 And there shall be stability of [j]the times, strength, salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: for the fear of the Lord shall be his treasure.
7 Behold, [k]their messengers shall cry without, and the [l]ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
8 The [m]paths are waste: the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant: he hath contemned the cities: he regardeth no man.
9 The earth mourneth and fainteth: Lebanon is ashamed, and hewn down: [n]Sharon is like a wilderness, and Bashan is shaken and Carmel.
10 Now will I [o]arise, saith the Lord: now will I be exalted, now will I lift up myself.
11 [p]Ye shall conceive chaff, and bring forth stubble: the fire of your breath shall devour you.
12 And the people shall be as the burning of lime: and as the thorns cut up, shall they be burnt in the fire.
13 Hear, ye that are [q]far off, what I have done, and ye that are near, know my power.
14 The [r]sinners in Zion are afraid: a fear is come upon the hypocrites: who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with the everlasting burnings?
15 He that walketh in justice, and speaketh righteous things, refusing gain of oppression, shaking his hands from taking of gifts, stopping his ears from hearing of blood, and shutting his eyes from seeing evil,
16 He shall dwell on [s]high: his defense shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him, and his waters shall be sure.
17 Thine eyes shall [t]see the King in his glory: they shall behold the [u]land far off.
18 Thine heart [v]shall meditate fear, Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a dark speech, that thou canst not perceive, and of a stammering tongue that thou canst not understand.
20 Look upon Zion the city of our solemn feasts: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that cannot be removed: and the stakes thereof can never be taken away, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
21 For surely there the mighty Lord will be unto us, as a place [w]of floods, and broad rivers, whereby shall pass no ship with oars, neither shall great ship pass thereby.
22 For the Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our lawgiver: the Lord is our King, he will save us.
23 Thy [x]cords are loosed: they could not well strengthen their mast, neither could they spread the sail: then shall the [y]prey be divided for a great spoil: yea, the lame shall take away the prey.
24 And none inhabitant shall say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein, shall have their iniquity forgiven.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 33:1 Meaning, the enemies of the Church, as were the Chaldeans and Assyrians, but chiefly of Sennacherib, but not only.
- Isaiah 33:1 When thine appointed time shall come that God shall take away thy power: and that which thou hast wrongfully gotten, shall be given to others, as Amos 5:11.
- Isaiah 33:1 The Chaldeans shall do like to the Assyrians, as the Assyrians did to Israel, and the Medes and Persians shall do the same to the Chaldeans.
- Isaiah 33:2 He declareth hereby what is the chief refuge of the faithful, when troubles come, to pray, and seek help of God.
- Isaiah 33:2 Which helped our fathers so soon as they called upon thee.
- Isaiah 33:3 That is, the Assyrians fled before the army of the Chaldeans, or the Chaldeans for fear of the Medes and Persians.
- Isaiah 33:3 When thou, O Lord, didst lift up thine arm to punish thine enemies.
- Isaiah 33:4 Ye that as caterpillars destroyed with your number the whole world, shall have no strength to resist your enemies the Chaldeans: but shall be gathered on an heap and destroyed.
- Isaiah 33:4 Meaning, the Medes and Persians against the Chaldeans.
- Isaiah 33:6 That is, in the days of Hezekiah.
- Isaiah 33:7 Sent from Sennacherib.
- Isaiah 33:7 Whom they of Jerusalem sent to entreat of peace.
- Isaiah 33:8 These are the words of the ambassadors, when they returned from Sennacherib.
- Isaiah 33:9 Which was a plentiful country, meaning, that Sennacherib would destroy all.
- Isaiah 33:10 To help and deliver my Church.
- Isaiah 33:11 This is spoken against the enemies, who thought all was their own: but he showeth that their enterprise shall be in vain, and that the fire which they had kindled for others, should consume them.
- Isaiah 33:13 His vengeance shall be so great, that all the world shall talk thereof.
- Isaiah 33:14 Which do not believe the words of the Prophet, and the assurance of their deliverance.
- Isaiah 33:16 Meaning, that God will be a sure defense to all them that live according to his word.
- Isaiah 33:17 They shall see Hezekiah delivered from his enemies, and restored to honor and glory.
- Isaiah 33:17 They shall be no more shut in as they were of Sennacherib, but go where it pleaseth them.
- Isaiah 33:18 Before that this liberty cometh thou shalt think that thou art in great danger: for the enemy shall so sharply assail you, that one shall cry, where is the clerk that writeth the names of them that are taxed? another, Where is the receiver? another shall cry for him that valueth the rich houses, but God will deliver you from this fear.
- Isaiah 33:21 Let us be content with this small river of Shiloah and not desire the great streams and rivers, whereby the enemies may bring in ships and destroy us.
- Isaiah 33:23 He derideth the Assyrians and enemies of the Church, declaring their destruction as they that perish by shipwreck.
- Isaiah 33:23 He comforteth the Church, and showeth that they shall be enriched with all benefits both of body and soul.
Isaiah 33
Young's Literal Translation
33 Wo, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee.
2 O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.
3 From the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations.
4 And gathered hath been your spoil, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts is he running on it.
5 Set on high is Jehovah, for He is dwelling on high, He filled Zion [with] judgment and righteousness,
6 And hath been the stedfastness of thy times, The strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, Fear of Jehovah -- it [is] His treasure.
7 Lo, `Their Ariel,' they have cried without, Messengers of peace do weep bitterly.
8 Desolated have been highways, Ceased hath he who passeth along the path, He hath broken covenant, He hath despised enemies, He hath not esteemed a man.
9 Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.
10 Now, do I arise, saith Jehovah, Now I am exalted, now I am lifted up.
11 Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! -- fire devoureth you.
12 And peoples have been [as] burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn.
13 Hear, ye far off, that which I have done, And know, ye near ones, My might.
14 Afraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us -- consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us -- burnings of the age?
15 Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,
16 He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock [are] his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.
17 A king in his beauty, see do thine eyes, They see a land afar off.
18 Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where [is] he who is counting? Where [is] he who is weighing? Where [is] he who is counting the towers?
19 The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.
20 See Zion, the city of our meetings, Thine eyes see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, A tent not taken down, Not removed are its pins for ever, And none of its cords are broken.
21 But there mighty [is] Jehovah for us, A place of rivers -- streams broad of sides, No ship with oars doth go into it, And a mighty ship doth not pass over it.
22 For Jehovah our judge, Jehovah our lawgiver, Jehovah our king -- He doth save us.
23 Left have been thy ropes, They strengthen not rightly their mast, They have not spread out a sail, Then apportioned hath been a prey of much spoil, The lame have taken spoil.
24 Nor doth an inhabitant say, `I was sick,' The people that is dwelling in it, is forgiven of iniquity!
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