Book of Isaiah, Chapter 33
Isaiah 33 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 33 of Isaiah—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ Woe 1to you, O destroyer,
While you were not destroyed;
And he 2who is treacherous, while others did not deal treacherously with him.
As soon as you finish destroying, 3you will be destroyed;
As soon as you cease to deal treacherously, others will 4deal treacherously with you. - O LORD, 5be gracious to us; we have 6waited for You.
Be [a]their [b]7strength every morning,
Our salvation also in the 8time of distress. - At the sound of the tumult 9peoples flee;
At the 10lifting up of Yourself nations disperse. - Your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
As locusts rushing about men rush about on it. - The LORD is 11exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has 12filled Zion with justice and righteousness. - And He will be the [c]13stability of your times,
A 14wealth of salvation, wisdom and 15knowledge;
The 16fear of the LORD is his treasure. - Behold, their brave men cry in [d]the streets,
The [e]17ambassadors of peace weep bitterly. - The highways are desolate, [f]the 18traveler has ceased,
He has 19broken the covenant, he has despised the cities,
He has no regard for man. - 20The land mourns and pines away,
21Lebanon is shamed and withers;
22Sharon is like a desert plain,
And Bashan and Carmel [g]lose their foliage. - “Now 23I will arise,” says the LORD,
“Now I will be exalted, now I will be lifted up. - “You have 24conceived [h]chaff, you will give birth to stubble;
[i]My 25breath will consume you like a fire. - “The peoples will be burned to lime,
26Like cut thorns which are burned in the fire. - ¶ “You who are far away, 27hear what I have done;
And you who are near, [j]acknowledge My might.” - 28Sinners in Zion are terrified;
29Trembling has seized the godless.
“Who among us can live with 30the consuming fire?
Who among us can live with [k]continual 31burning?” - He who 32walks 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 33shuts his eyes from looking upon evil; - He will dwell on the heights,
34His refuge will be the [m]impregnable rock;
35His bread will be given him,
His water will be sure. - ¶ Your eyes will see 36the King in His beauty;
They will behold 37a far-distant land. - Your heart will meditate on 38terror:
“Where is 39he who counts?
Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?” - You will no longer see a fierce people,
A people of [n]40unintelligible speech [o]which no one comprehends,
Of a stammering tongue [p]which no one understands. - 41Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an 42undisturbed habitation,
43A tent which will not be folded;
Its stakes will never be pulled up,
Nor any of its cords be torn apart. - But there the majestic One, the LORD, will be for us
A place of 44rivers and wide canals
On which no boat with oars will go,
And on which no mighty ship will pass— - For the LORD is our 45judge,
The LORD is 46our lawgiver,
The LORD is 47our king;
48He will save us— - Your tackle hangs slack;
It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly,
Nor spread out the sail.
Then the 49prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;
50The lame will take the plunder. - And no resident will say, “I am 51sick”;
The people who dwell [q]there will be 52forgiven their iniquity.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Some versions read our
- ^ Lit arm
- ^ Or faithfulness
- ^ Lit the outside
- ^ Lit messengers
- ^ Lit he who passes along the way
- ^ Lit shake off
- ^ Lit dry grass
- ^ So one ancient version; M.T. reads Your breath will
- ^ Lit know
- ^ Lit everlasting
- ^ Lit gain of extortioners
- ^ Lit stronghold of rock
- ^ Lit deepness of lip
- ^ Lit from hearing
- ^ Lit there is no understanding
- ^ Lit in it
REFERENCES
- ^ Is 10:6; 21:2
- ^ Is 24:16; 48:8
- ^ Is 10:12; 14:25; 31:8; Hab 2:8
- ^ Je 25:12-14; Mt 7:2
- ^ Is 30:18, 19
- ^ Is 25:9
- ^ Is 40:10; 51:5; 59:16
- ^ Is 37:3
- ^ Is 17:13; 21:15
- ^ Is 10:33; 17:13; 59:16-18; Je 25:30, 31
- ^ Ps 97:9
- ^ Is 1:26; 28:6; 32:16
- ^ Is 33:20
- ^ Is 45:17; 51:6
- ^ Is 11:9
- ^ 2Ki 18:7; Ps 112:1-3; Is 11:3; Mt 6:33
- ^ 2Ki 18:18, 37
- ^ Is 35:8
- ^ Is 24:5
- ^ Is 3:26; 24:4; 29:2
- ^ Is 2:13; 10:34
- ^ Is 35:2; 65:10
- ^ Ps 12:5; Is 2:19, 21
- ^ Ps 7:14; Is 26:18; 59:4; Jm 1:15
- ^ Is 1:31
- ^ 2Sa 23:6, 7; Is 10:17; 27:4
- ^ Ps 48:10; Is 49:1
- ^ Is 1:28
- ^ Is 32:11
- ^ Is 30:27, 30; Heb 12:29
- ^ Is 9:18, 19; 10:16; 47:14
- ^ Ps 15:2; 24:4; Is 58:6-11
- ^ Ps 119:37
- ^ Is 25:4
- ^ Is 49:10
- ^ Is 6:5; 24:23; 33:21, 22
- ^ Is 26:15
- ^ Is 17:14
- ^ 1Co 1:20
- ^ De 28:49, 50; Is 28:11; Je 5:15
- ^ Ps 48:12
- ^ Ps 46:5; 125:1, 2; Is 32:18
- ^ Is 54:2
- ^ Is 41:18; 43:19, 20; 48:18; 66:12
- ^ Is 2:4; 11:4; 16:5; 51:5
- ^ Is 1:10; 51:4, 7; Jm 4:12
- ^ Ps 89:18; Is 33:17; Zc 9:9
- ^ Is 25:9; 35:4; 49:25, 26; 60:16
- ^ 2Ki 7:16
- ^ 2Ki 7:8; Is 35:6
- ^ Is 30:26; 58:8; Je 30:17
- ^ Is 40:2; 44:22; Je 50:20; Mc 7:18, 19; 1Jo 1:7-9
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