33:1 Woe to you, O destroyer, you who have not been destroyed! Woe to you, O traitor, you who have not been betrayed! When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.
33:2 O LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.
33:3 At the thunder of your voice, the peoples flee; when you rise up, the nations scatter.
33:4 Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts; like a swarm of locusts men pounce on it.
33:5 The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness.
33:6 He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is the key to this treasure.
33:7 Look, their brave men cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
33:8 The highways are deserted, no travelers are on the roads. The treaty is broken, its witnesses are despised, no one is respected.
33:9 The land mourns and wastes away, Lebanon is ashamed and withers; Sharon is like the Arabah, and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.
33:10 “Now will I arise,” says the LORD. “Now will I be exalted; now will I be lifted up.
33:11 You conceive chaff, you give birth to straw; your breath is a fire that consumes you.
33:12 The peoples will be burned as if to lime; like cut thornbushes they will be set ablaze.”
33:13 You who are far away, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge my power!
33:14 The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling grips the godless: “Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
33:15 He who walks righteously and speaks what is right, who rejects gain from extortion and keeps his hand from accepting bribes, who stops his ears against plots of murder and shuts his eyes against contemplating evil–
33:16 this is the man who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. His bread will be supplied, and water will not fail him.
33:17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar.
33:18 In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror: “Where is that chief officer? Where is the one who took the revenue? Where is the officer in charge of the towers?”
33:19 You will see those arrogant people no more, those people of an obscure speech, with their strange, incomprehensible tongue.
33:20 Look upon Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken.
33:21 There the LORD will be our Mighty One. It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars will ride them, no mighty ship will sail them.
33:22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; it is he who will save us.
33:23 Your rigging hangs loose: The mast is not held secure, the sail is not spread. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided and even the lame will carry off plunder.
33:24 No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”; and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.
33:1 Woe to you who destroy and were not destroyed, / And to him who deals unfaithfully and was not dealt with unfaithfully! / When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; / And when you cease to deal unfaithfully, they will deal unfaithfully with you.
33:2 O Jehovah, be gracious to us; we have waited for You; / Be our arm every morning, / Our salvation also in the time of distress.
33:3 At the noise of the tumult the peoples flee; / At the lifting up of Yourself the nations were scattered.
33:4 And your spoil will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers; / As locusts rush to and fro, men will rush to and fro upon it.
33:5 Jehovah is exalted, for He dwells on high; / He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
33:6 And there will be stability for your times: / A wealth of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; / The fear of Jehovah is his treasure.
33:7 Indeed their heroes cry in the streets; / The ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
33:8 The highways are desolate; / The traveler ceases to travel. / He has broken the covenant; he despises the cities; / He does not regard man.
33:9 The land mourns and languishes; / Lebanon is ashamed and withers away; / Sharon is like a desert, / And Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
33:10 Now I will arise, says Jehovah, / Now I will be exalted; now I will be lifted up.
33:11 You will conceive chaff; you will give birth to stubble; / Your own breath, like fire, will devour you;
33:12 And the peoples will be like the burning of lime, / Like cut down thorns that are burned in the fire.
33:13 Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; / And know, you who are near, My might.
33:14 The sinners in Zion are terrified; / Trembling has seized the profane: / Who among us can dwell with consuming fire? / Who among us can dwell with everlasting burning?
33:15 He who walks in righteousness and speaks uprightness; / He who rejects gains seized by extortion; / He who shakes his hands lest they hold on to a bribe, / Who stops his ears so as not to hear of bloodshed / And shuts his eyes so as not to look at evil.
33:16 This one will dwell on the heights; / His lofty retreat will be the rocky strongholds; / His bread will be given to him; his water will be sure.
33:17 Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; / They will behold a land that is very far away.
33:18 Your heart will meditate on terror: / Where is he who counts? Where is he who weighs? / Where is he who counts the towers?
33:19 You will not see a fierce people, / A people of unintelligible speech, hardly audible, / Of a stammering tongue which cannot be understood.
33:20 Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts; / Your eyes will see Jerusalem, / A secure habitation, a tent that will not be removed; / Its stakes will never be pulled up, / And none of its cords will be torn apart.
33:21 But there the Majestic, Jehovah, will be for us / A place of rivers and broad streams, / On which no boat with oars will go / And no majestic ship will pass.
33:22 For Jehovah is our Judge, / Jehovah is our Lawmaker, / Jehovah is our King; He will save us.
33:23 Your tackle has been slackened; / It does not support its mast firmly, / Nor does it spread out the sail. / Then the prey of abundant spoil is divided; / The lame take the plunder.
33:24 And the inhabitant will not say, I am sick; / The people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.