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10 “Now I will arise,” says Yahweh.
    “Now I will lift myself up proudly;
    now I will raise myself.
11 You conceive dry grass, you bring forth stubble;
    your breath is a fire; it will consume you.
12 And the peoples will be burning to lime—
    they are burned like thorns that have been cut down in the fire.
13 You who are far away, hear what I have done;
    and you who are near, know my might!”
14 Sinners are afraid in Zion;
    trembling has seized the godless:
“Who of us can live[a] with devouring fire?
    Who of us can live[b] with everlasting consuming hearths?”
15 He who walks in righteousness
    and speaks uprightness,
who rejects the gain of extortion,
    who refuses[c] a bribe,
who stops up his ears[d] from hearing bloodshed[e]
    and shuts his eyes from seeing evil.
16 That one will live on the heights;
    the fortresses of rocks will be his refuge.
His food will be given;
    his waters[f] will endure.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:14 Literally “dwell as an alien”
  2. Isaiah 33:14 Literally “dwell as an alien”
  3. Isaiah 33:15 Literally “shakes his hand from the taking of”
  4. Isaiah 33:15 Hebrew “ear”
  5. Isaiah 33:15 Literally “blood”
  6. Isaiah 33:16 Hebrew “water”

10 “Now (A)I will arise,” says the Lord,
“Now I will be exalted, now I will be lifted up.
11 You have (B)conceived [a]chaff, you will give birth to stubble;
[b]My (C)breath will consume you like a fire.
12 The peoples will be burned to lime,
(D)Like cut thorns which are burned in the fire.

13 “You who are far away, (E)hear what I have done;
And you who are near, [c]acknowledge My might.”
14 (F)Sinners in Zion are terrified;
(G)Trembling has seized the godless.
“Who among us can live with (H)the consuming fire?
Who among us can live with everlasting (I)burning?”
15 One who (J)walks righteously and speaks with integrity,
One who rejects [d]unjust gain
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
One who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And (K)shuts his eyes from looking at evil;
16 He will dwell on the heights,
(L)His refuge will be the [e]impregnable rock;
(M)His bread will be given him,
His water will be sure.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:11 Lit dry grass
  2. Isaiah 33:11 One ancient version; MT Your breath will
  3. Isaiah 33:13 Lit know
  4. Isaiah 33:15 Lit gain of extortioners
  5. Isaiah 33:16 Lit stronghold of rock