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10 “Now I will arise,” says Yahweh.
    “Now I will lift myself up.
    Now I will be exalted.
11 You will conceive chaff.
    You will give birth to stubble.
    Your breath is a fire that will devour you.
12 The peoples will be like the burning of lime,
    like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.

13 Hear, you who are far off, what I have done;
    and, you who are near, acknowledge my might.”
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid.
    Trembling has seized the godless ones.
Who among us can live with the devouring fire?
    Who among us can live with everlasting burning?
15 He who walks righteously
    and speaks blamelessly,
    he who despises the gain of oppressions,
    who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe,
    who stops his ears from hearing of blood,
    and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—
16 he will dwell on high.
    His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks.
    His bread will be supplied.
    His waters will be sure.

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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