Isaiah
Chapter 33
1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and
dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou
hast ceased to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou art weary with
dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
2 O HaShem, be gracious unto us; we have waited for Thee; be
Thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
3 At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the
lifting up of Thyself the nations are scattered.
4 And your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathereth; as
locusts leap do they leap upon it.
5 HaShem is exalted, for He dwelleth on high; He hath filled
Zion with justice and righteousness.
6 And the stability of thy times shall be a hoard of
salvation--wisdom and knowledge, and the fear of HaShem which is His treasurer
7 Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of
peace weep bitterly.
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth; he hath
broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth not man.
9 The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is ashamed, it
withereth; Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel are clean bare.
10 Now will I arise, saith HaShem; now will I be exalted; now
will I lift Myself up.
11 Ye conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble; your
breath is a fire that shall devour you.
12 And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime; as
thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
13 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 hath seized the
ungodly: 'Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall
dwell with everlasting burnings?'
15 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
looking upon evil;
16 He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the
munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given, his waters shall be sure.
17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty; they shall
behold a land stretching afar.
18 Thy heart shall muse on the terror: 'Where is he that
counted, where is he that weighed? Where is he that counted the towers?'
19 Thou shalt not see the fierce people; a people of a deep
speech that thou canst not perceive, of a stammering tongue that thou canst not
understand.
20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemn gatherings; thine
eyes shall see Jerusalem a peaceful 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 HaShem will be with us in majesty, in a place of
broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall
gallant ship pass thereby.
22 For HaShem is our Judge, HaShem is our Lawgiver, HaShem is
our King; He will save us.
23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they do not hold the stand of
their mast, they do not spread the sail; then is the prey of a great spoil
divided; the lame take the prey.
24 And the inhabitant shall not say: 'I am sick'; the people
that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
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