Isaiah 33

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1	Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.	Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.	Woe to you who destroy, but you weren’t destroyed, and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betrayal, you will be betrayed.	Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destroy, thou shalt be destroyed; and when thou hast made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
2	O Lord, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.	O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.	Lord, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.	O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
3	The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.	At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.	At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled. When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered.	At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations are scattered.
4	Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.	And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.	Your plunder will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. Men will leap on it as locusts leap.	And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathereth: as locusts leap shall men leap upon it.
5	The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.	The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.	The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.	Jehovah is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6	He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.	And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.	There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the Lord is your treasure.	And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of Jehovah is thy treasure.
7	Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.	Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.	Behold, their valiant ones cry outside; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.	Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
8	The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.	The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.	The highways are desolate. The traveling man ceases. The covenant is broken. He has despised the cities. He doesn’t respect man.	The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: the enemy hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth not man.
9	The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.	The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.	The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.	The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
10	“Now I will arise,” says the Lord. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.	Now will I rise, saith the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.	“Now I will arise,” says the Lord. “Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted.	Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; now will I lift up myself; now will I be exalted.
11	You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.	Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.	You will conceive chaff. You will give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.	Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
12	The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.	And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.	The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.	And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
13	You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”	Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.	Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and, you who are near, acknowledge my might.”	Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.
14	The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”	The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?	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?	The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?
15	He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—	He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;	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 bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—	He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:
16	he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.	He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.	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.	He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
17	Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.	Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.	Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will see a distant land.	Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold a land that reacheth afar.
18	Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”	Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?	Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?	Thy heart shall muse on the terror: Where is he that counted, where is he that weighed the tribute? where is he that counted the towers?
19	You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.	Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.	You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can’t comprehend, with a strange language that you can’t understand.	Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not comprehend, of a strange tongue that thou canst not understand.
20	Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.	Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.	Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won’t be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.	Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
21	But there the Majestic One, our Lord, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.	But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.	But there the Lord will be with us in majesty, a place of wide rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there.	But there Jehovah will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
22	For the Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our King. It is He who will save us.	For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.	For the Lord is our judge. The Lord is our lawgiver. The Lord is our king. He will save us.	For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah is our lawgiver, Jehovah is our king; he will save us.
23	Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.	Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.	Your rigging is untied. They couldn’t strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn’t spread the sail. Then the prey of a great plunder was divided. The lame took the prey.	Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not strengthen the foot of their mast, they could not spread the sail: then was the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame took the prey.
24	And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.	And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.	The inhabitant won’t say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.	And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.