{"book":"Isaiah","slug":"isaiah","ch":33,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Isaiah","prev":"isaiah/32","next":"isaiah/34","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O traitor never betrayed!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"When you have finished destroying,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you will be destroyed."},{"style":"indent1","t":"When you have finished betraying,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you will be betrayed."}],"h":"The LORD Is Exalted","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"O LORD, be gracious to us!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"We wait for You."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Be our strength every morning"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and our salvation in time of trouble."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the nations scatter when You rise."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Your spoil, [O nations,] is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.","f":["O nations is added for clarity."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your spoil, [O nations,] is gathered as by locusts;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He will be the sure foundation for your times,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge."},{"style":"indent2","t":"The fear of the LORD is [Zion’s] treasure."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the envoys of peace weep bitterly."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.","f":["Forms of the Hebrew berit are translated in most passages as covenant.","DSS; MT the cities"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The highways are deserted;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"travel has ceased."},{"style":"indent1","t":"The treaty has been broken,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the witnesses are despised,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and human life is disregarded."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"The land mourns [and] languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The land mourns [and] languishes;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Lebanon is ashamed and decayed."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Sharon is like a desert;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"“ Now I will arise,” says the LORD.“ Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Now I will arise,” says the LORD."},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Your breath is a fire that will consume you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The peoples will be burned to ashes,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like thorns cut down and set ablaze."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You who are far off, hear what I have done;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you who are near, acknowledge My might.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"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?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The sinners in Zion are afraid;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"trembling grips the ungodly:"},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":15,"t":"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 —","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He who walks righteously"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and speaks with sincerity,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"who refuses gain from extortion,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"whose hand never takes a bribe,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"who stops his ears against murderous plots"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and shuts his eyes tightly against evil —"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress [will be] his refuge; his food will be provided [and] his water assured.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"he will dwell on the heights;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the mountain fortress [will be] his refuge;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"his food will be provided"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] his water assured."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Your eyes will see the King in His beauty"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and behold a land that stretches afar."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":18,"t":"Your mind will ponder the former terror:“ Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your mind will ponder the former terror:"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Where is he who counts the towers?”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You will no longer see the insolent,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a people whose speech is unintelligible,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who stammer in a language you cannot understand."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Look upon Zion,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the city of our appointed feasts."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Your eyes will see Jerusalem,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"its tent pegs will not be pulled up,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"nor will any of its cords be broken."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":21,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But there the Majestic One, our LORD,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[will be] for us a place of rivers and wide canals,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"where no galley with oars will row,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and no majestic vessel will pass."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. [It is] He who will save us.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For the LORD is our Judge,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the LORD is our lawgiver,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"the LORD is our King."},{"style":"indent2","t":"[It is] He who will save us."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":23,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Your ropes are slack;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Then an abundance of spoils will be divided,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and even] the lame will carry off plunder."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":24,"t":"And no resident [of Zion] will say,“ I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"And no resident [of Zion] will say,“ I am sick.”"},{"style":"indent2","t":"The people who dwell there"},{"style":"indent2","t":"will be forgiven of iniquity."}],"style":"indent1"}]}