Isaiah 33:1-24 - Yahweh's Judgment And Help
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you traitor never betrayed!
When you have finished destroying,
you will be destroyed.
When you have finished betraying,
they will betray you.
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Be our strength every morning
and our salvation in time of trouble.
the nations scatter when You rise in Your majesty.
people will swarm over it like an infestation of locusts.
He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.
The fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.
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the messengers of peace weep bitterly.
travel has ceased.
An agreement has been broken,
cities
and human life disregarded.
Lebanon is ashamed and decayed.
Sharon is like a desert;
Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
“Now I will lift Myself up.
Now I will be exalted.
you will give birth to stubble.
Your breath is fire that will consume you.
like thorns cut down and burned in a fire.
you who are near,
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trembling seizes the ungodly:
“Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire?
Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?”
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
his refuge will be the rocky fortresses,
his food provided, his water assured.
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you will see a vast land.
“Where is the accountant?
Where is the tribute collector?
Where is the one who spied out our defenses?”
a people whose speech is difficult to comprehend—
who stammer in a language that is not understood.
Your eyes will see Jerusalem,
a peaceful pasture,
its tent pegs will not be pulled up
nor will any of its cords be loosened.
a place of rivers and broad streams
where ships that are rowed will not go,
and majestic vessels will not pass.
the Lord is our lawgiver,
the Lord is our King.
He will save us.
they cannot hold the base of the mast
or spread out the flag.
Then abundant spoil will be divided,
the lame will plunder it,
The people who dwell there
will be forgiven