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10 “Now I will arise,” says the Lord,
    “now I will lift myself up;
    now I will be exalted.
11 You conceive chaff; you bring forth stubble;
    wind like a fire[a] will consume you.
12 And the peoples will be as if burned to lime,
    like thorns cut down that are burned in the fire.”

13 Hear, you who are far away, what I have done,
    and you who are near, acknowledge my might.
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
    trembling has seized the godless:
“Who among us can live with the devouring fire?
    Who among us can live with everlasting flames?”
15 Those who walk righteously and speak uprightly,
    who despise the gain of oppression,
who wave away a bribe instead of accepting it,
    who stop their ears from hearing of bloodshed
    and shut their eyes from looking on evil,
16 they will live on the heights;
    their refuge will be the fortresses of rocks;
    their food will be supplied, their water assured.

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Footnotes

  1. 33.11 Cn: Heb your breath

God is Exalted

10 “Now I’ll rise up,” the Lord has said,[a]
    “now I’ll exalt myself;
        now I’ll be lifted up.
11 You conceive dried grass, you give birth to stubble;
    your breath is a fire that will consume you.
12 And the peoples will be burned as if to ashes;
    like cut thorn bushes, they will be set ablaze.

13 “Those who are far away have heard[b] what I’ve done;
    and those that are near have acknowledged[c] my power.
14 The sinners in Zion are terrified;
    trembling grips the godless:
“Who among us can live with the consuming fire?
    Who among us can live with everlasting flames?”
15 The one who walks righteously and has spoken[d] sincere words,
    who rejects gain from extortion
and waves his hand,
    rejecting bribes,
    who blocks his ears from hearing plots of murder
        and shuts his eyes against seeing evil—
16 this is the one who will live on the heights;
    his refuge will be a mountain fortress.
His food will be supplied,
    and his water will be guaranteed.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:10 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read says the Lord
  2. Isaiah 33:13 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX; MT reads You who are far away, hear
  3. Isaiah 33:13 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads you that are near, acknowledge
  4. Isaiah 33:15 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and who speaks