Isaiah 33 HCSB
The Lord Rises Up
1Woe, you destroyer never destroyed,
When you have finished destroying,
When you have finished betraying,
2LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You.b
and our salvation in time of trouble.c
3The peoples flee at the thunderous noise;d
the nations scatter when You rise in Your majesty.
4Your spoil will be gathered as locusts are gathered;
people will swarm over it like an infestation of locusts.
5The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has filled •Zion with justice and righteousness.
6There will be times of security for you —
a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.
The •fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.e
7Listen! Their warriors cry loudly in the streets;
the messengers of peace weep bitterly.f
An agreement has been broken,g
9The land mourns and withers;i
Lebanon is ashamed and decayed.
Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
10“Now I will rise up,”j says the LORD.
you will give birth to stubble.
Your breath is fire that will consume you.
12The peoples will be burned to ashes,
like thorns cut down and burned in a fire.
13You who are far off, hear what I have done;
you who are near,l know My strength.”
14The sinners in Zion are afraid;
“Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire?m
Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames? ”
15The one who lives righteously
who refuses gain from extortion,
whose hand never takes a bribe,
who stops his ears from listening to murderous plotso
and shuts his eyes to avoid endorsing evilp, q —
16he will dwell on the heights;
his refuge will be the rocky fortresses,
his food provided, his water assured.
17Your eyes will see the King in His beauty;r
18Your mind will meditate on the past terror:
Where is the tribute collector?u
Where is the one who spied out our defenses? ”v
19You will no longer see the barbarians,
a people whose speech is difficult to comprehend —
who stammer in a language that is not understood.w
20Look at Zion, the city of our festival times.
a peaceful pasture,x a tent that does not wander;
its tent pegs will not be pulled up
nor will any of its cords be loosened.y
21For the majestic One, our LORD, will be there,z
a place of rivers and broad streams
where ships that are rowed will not go,
and majestic vessels will not pass.aa
they cannot hold the base of the mast
Then abundant spoil will be divided,
the lame will plunder it,
24and none there will say, “I am sick.”
will be forgivenad their iniquity.ae
Footnotes:
a. 33:1 2Kg 18:14-36; Is 17:14; 21:2
b. 33:2 Is 25:9; 26:8
c. 33:2 Ex 15:2; Ps 28:8; Is 12:2; 17:10; 51:5
d. 33:3 Is 17:13; 21:15
e. 33:6 Is 11:2-3; Ac 9:31
f. 33:7 2Kg 18:18,37; Is 36:3,22
g. 33:8 2Kg 18:14-17; Is 24:5
h. 33:8 DSS read witnesses
i. 33:9 Is 3:26; 24:4; 29:2
j. 33:10 Ps 12:5; Is 2:19,21
k. 33:11 Ps 7:14; Is 26:18; 59:4; Jms 1:15
l. 33:13 Is 18:2; Eph 2:17
m. 33:14 Is 30:27,30; 66:15; Heb 12:29
n. 33:15 Ps 15:2; 24:4; Is 58:6-11
o. 33:15 Lit to bloods
p. 33:15 Lit eyes from seeing evil
q. 33:15 Ps 119:37
r. 33:17 Is 6:5; 24:23; 33:21-22; Zch 9:9
s. 33:17 Is 54:2-3
t. 33:18 Lit counter
u. 33:18 Lit weigher
v. 33:18 Lit who counts towers
w. 33:19 Dt 28:49-50; Is 28:11; Jr 5:15
x. 33:20 Ps 46:5; 125:1-2; Is 32:18
y. 33:20 Is 54:2
z. 33:21 Rm 8:31
aa. 33:21 Is 41:18; 43:19-20; 48:18; 66:12
ab. 33:22 Is 1:10; 51:4,7; Jms 4:12
ac. 33:22 2Sm 22:3; 23:5; 2Kg 19:19,34; Is 25:9; 35:4; 38:20
ad. 33:24 Is 40:2; 44:22; Jr 50:20; Mc 7:18-19; 1Jn 1:7-9
ae. 33:24 Is 13:11