Isaiah 33

¹ Wherefore woe be unto thee, O robber: shalt not thou be robbed also? And unto thee that layest wait: as who say there should no wait be laid for thee? Woe unto thee which doest hurt: even so shalt thou be hurt also. And as thou layest wait, so shall wait be laid for thee also.

¹ 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.

¹ Woe ^(A)to you, O destroyer,While you were not destroyed;And he ^(B)who is treacherous, while others did not deal treacherously with him.As soon as you finish destroying, ^(C)you will be destroyed;As soon as you cease to deal treacherously, others will ^(D)deal treacherously with you.

¹ 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.^(A)

¹ "How terrible it will be for you, destroyer, you who have not been destroyed yourself! And how terrible it will be for you, traitor, one whom people have not betrayed! When you have sunk so low in destroying others, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betraying, they will betray you."

³ Grant that the people may flee at the anger of thy voice, and that at thine upstanding the Gentiles may be scattered abroad;

³ At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

³ At the sound of the tumult ^(I)peoples flee;At the ^(J)lifting up of Yourself nations disperse.

³ The peoples flee at the thunderous noise;^(D)the nations scatter when You rise in Your majesty.

³ At the thunder of your voice, the nations flee; at your silence, the nations scatter.

⁵ Stand up LORD, thou that dwellest on high: Let Zion be filled with equity and righteousness.

⁵ The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.

⁵ The Lord is ^(K)exalted, for He dwells on high;He has ^(L)filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

⁵ The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high;He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

⁵ "The LORD is exalted, for he lives on high; he has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

⁷ Behold, their messengers cry without, the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

⁷ Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

⁷ Behold, their brave men cry in ^(d)the streets,The ^(e)(Q)ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

⁷ Listen! Their warriors cry loudly in the streets;the messengers of peace weep bitterly.^(F)

⁷ "Listen! Their brave men cry out in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.

⁹ the desolate earth is in heaviness. Lebanon taketh it but for a sport, that it is hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness: Bashan and Carmel are turned upside down.

⁹ The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

^{9 (T)}The land mourns and pines away,^(U)Lebanon is shamed and withers;^(V)Sharon is like a desert plain,And Bashan and Carmel ^(g)lose their foliage.

⁹ The land mourns and withers;^(H)Lebanon is ashamed and decayed.Sharon is like a desert;Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

⁹ The land mourns and wastes away; Lebanon feels ashamed and withers. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves."

¹¹ Ye shall conceive stubble, and bear straw, and your spirit shall be the fire, that it may consume you.

¹¹ Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.

¹¹ “You have ^(X)conceived ^(h)chaff, you will give birth to stubble;⁽ⁱ⁾My ^(Y)breath will consume you like a fire.

¹¹ You will conceive chaff;^(J)you will give birth to stubble.Your breath is fire that will consume you.

¹¹ You conceive dried grass, you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you.

¹³ Now hearken to, ye that are far off, how I do with them; and consider my glory, ye that be at hand.

¹³ Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.

¹³ “You who are far away, ^(AA)hear what I have done;And you who are near, ^(j)acknowledge My might.”

¹³ You who are far off, hear what I have done;you who are near,^(K) know My strength.”

¹³ "Those who are far away have heard what I've done; and those that are near have acknowledged my power.

¹⁵ He that leadeth a godly life - say I - and speaketh the truth; He that abhorreth to do violence and deceit; he that keepeth his hand that he touch no reward; which stoppeth his ears, that he hear no counsel against the innocent; which holdeth down his eyes, that he see none evil.

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 seeing evil;

¹⁵ He who ^(AF)walks righteously and speaks with sincerity,He who rejects ^(l)unjust gainAnd shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshedAnd ^(AG)shuts his eyes from looking upon evil;

¹⁵ The one who lives righteouslyand speaks rightly,^(M)who refuses gain from extortion,whose hand never takes a bribe,who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots^(b)and shuts his eyes to avoid endorsing evil^(c)(N)—

¹⁵ The one who walks righteously and has spoken sincere words, who rejects gain from extortion and waves his hand, rejecting bribes, who blocks his ears from hearing plots of murder and shuts his eyes against seeing evil

¹⁷ His eyes shall see the king in his glory, and in the wide world;

¹⁷ Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.

¹⁷ Your eyes will see ^(AJ)the King in His beauty;They will behold ^(AK)a far-distant land.

¹⁷ Your eyes will see the King in His beauty;^(O)you will see a vast land.^(P)

¹⁷ "Your eyes will see the king in his elegance, and will view a land that stretches afar.

¹⁹ There shalt thou not see a people of a strange tongue to have so diffused a language, that it may not be understood: neither so strange a speech but it shall be perceived.

¹⁹ 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.

¹⁹ You will no longer see a fierce people,A people of ^(n)(AN)unintelligible speech ^(o)which no one comprehends,Of a stammering tongue ^(p)which no one understands.

¹⁹ You will no longer see the barbarians,a people whose speech is difficult to comprehend—who stammer in a language that is not understood.^(Q)

¹⁹ No longer will you see those arrogant people, those people with their obscure speech you cannot comprehend, stammering in a language you cannot understand.

²¹ For the glorious Majesty of the LORD shall there be present among us. In that place, where fair broad rivers and streams are, shall neither Galley row, nor great ship sail.

²¹ 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.

²¹ But there the majestic One, the Lord, will be for usA place of ^(AR)rivers and wide canalsOn which no boat with oars will go,And on which no mighty ship will pass—

²¹ For the majestic One, our Lord, will be there,^(T)a place of rivers and broad streamswhere ships that are rowed will not go,and majestic vessels will not pass.^(U)

²¹ But there the LORD in majesty will be for us our source of broad rivers and streams, where no galley with oars can go, where no stately ship can sail.

²³ There are the cords so laid abroad, that they cannot be better; The mast set up of such a fashion, that no banner nor sail hangeth thereon; but there is dealt great spoil: yea, lame men run after the prey;

²³ 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.

²³ Your tackle hangs slack;It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly,Nor spread out the sail.Then the ^(AW)prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;^(AX)The lame will take the plunder.

²³ Your ropes are slack;they cannot hold the base of the mastor spread out the flag.Then abundant spoil will be divided,the lame will plunder it,

²³ "Your rigging hangs loose; it cannot reliably hold the mast in its place, and the sail cannot spread out. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided even the lame will carry off plunder.