Isaiah 33 : 1 (HCSB)
Woe, you destroyer never destroyed, you traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, they will betray you.
Isaiah 33 : 2 (HCSB)
LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning, and our salvation in time of trouble.
Isaiah 33 : 3 (HCSB)
The peoples flee at the thunderous noise; the nations scatter when You rise in Your majesty.
Isaiah 33 : 4 (HCSB)
Your spoil will be gathered as locusts are gathered; people will swarm over it like an infestation of locusts.
Isaiah 33 : 5 (HCSB)
The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
Isaiah 33 : 6 (HCSB)
There will be times of security for you-- a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion's treasure.
Isaiah 33 : 7 (HCSB)
Listen! Their warriors cry loudly in the streets; the messengers of peace weep bitterly.
Isaiah 33 : 8 (HCSB)
The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. An agreement has been broken, and cities despised. and human life disregarded.
Isaiah 33 : 9 (HCSB)
The land mourns and withers; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off *their leaves.
Isaiah 33 : 10 (HCSB)
"Now I will rise up," says the LORD. "Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
Isaiah 33 : 11 (HCSB)
You will conceive chaff; you will give birth to stubble. Your breath is fire that will consume you.
Isaiah 33 : 12 (HCSB)
The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and burned in a fire.
Isaiah 33 : 13 (HCSB)
You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, know My strength."
Isaiah 33 : 14 (HCSB)
The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling seizes the ungodly: "Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?"
Isaiah 33 : 15 (HCSB)
The one who lives righteously and speaks rightly, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots and shuts his eyes to avoid endorsing evil--
Isaiah 33 : 16 (HCSB)
he will dwell on the heights; his refuge will be the rocky fortresses, his food provided, his water assured.
Isaiah 33 : 17 (HCSB)
Your eyes will see the king in his beauty; you will see a vast land.
Isaiah 33 : 18 (HCSB)
Your mind will meditate on the *past terror: "Where is the accountant? Where is the tribute collector? Where is the one who spied out our defenses?"
Isaiah 33 : 19 (HCSB)
You will no longer see the barbarians, a people whose speech is difficult to comprehend-- who stammer in a language that is not understood.
Isaiah 33 : 20 (HCSB)
Look at Zion, the city of our festival times. 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 loosened.
Isaiah 33 : 21 (HCSB)
For there the majestic One, the LORD, will be for us, a place of rivers and broad streams, where ships that are rowed will not go, and majestic vessels will not pass.
Isaiah 33 : 22 (HCSB)
For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. He will save us.
Isaiah 33 : 23 (HCSB)
Your ropes are slack; they cannot hold the base of the mast or spread out the flag. Then abundant spoil will be divided, the lame will plunder it,
Isaiah 33 : 24 (HCSB)
and none there will say, "I am sick." The people who dwell there will be forgiven *their iniquity.
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