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Isaiah 33
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### Distress and Help

33 Woe(A) to you, destroyer,
you who have not been destroyed!
Woe to you, betrayer,
you who have not been betrayed!
When you stop destroying,
you will be destroyed;(B)
when you stop betraying,
you will be betrayed.(C)

2 Lord, be gracious(D) to us;
we long for you.
Be our strength(E) every morning,
our salvation(F) in time of distress.(G)
3 At the uproar of your army,(H) the peoples flee;(I)
when you rise up,(J) the nations scatter.
4 Your plunder,(K) O nations, is harvested(L) as by young locusts;(M)
like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.

5 The Lord is exalted,(N) for he dwells on high;(O)
he will fill Zion with his justice(P) and righteousness.(Q)
6 He will be the sure foundation for your times,
a rich store of salvation(R) and wisdom and knowledge;
the fear(S) of the Lord is the key to this treasure.[a](T)

7 Look, their brave men(U) cry aloud in the streets;
the envoys(V) of peace weep bitterly.
8 The highways are deserted,
no travelers(W) are on the roads.(X)
The treaty is broken,(Y)
its witnesses[b] are despised,
no one is respected.
9 The land dries up(Z) and wastes away,
Lebanon(AA) is ashamed and withers;(AB)
Sharon(AC) is like the Arabah,
and Bashan(AD) and Carmel(AE) drop their leaves.

10 “Now will I arise,(AF)” says the Lord.
“Now will I be exalted;(AG)
now will I be lifted up.
11 You conceive(AH) chaff,
you give birth(AI) to straw;
your breath is a fire(AJ) that consumes you.
12 The peoples will be burned to ashes;(AK)
like cut thornbushes(AL) they will be set ablaze.(AM)”

13 You who are far away,(AN) hear(AO) what I have done;
you who are near, acknowledge my power!
14 The sinners(AP) in Zion are terrified;
trembling(AQ) grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?(AR)
Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
15 Those who walk righteously(AS)
and speak what is right,(AT)
who reject gain from extortion(AU)
and keep their hands from accepting bribes,(AV)
who stop their ears against plots of murder
and shut their eyes(AW) against contemplating evil—
16 they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,(AX)
whose refuge(AY) will be the mountain fortress.(AZ)
Their bread will be supplied,
and water will not fail(BA) them.

17 Your eyes will see the king(BB) in his beauty(BC)
and view a land that stretches afar.(BD)
18 In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:(BE)
“Where is that chief officer?
Where is the one who took the revenue?
Where is the officer in charge of the towers?(BF)”
19 You will see those arrogant people(BG) no more,
people whose speech is obscure,
whose language is strange and incomprehensible.(BH)

20 Look on Zion,(BI) the city of our festivals;
your eyes will see Jerusalem,
a peaceful abode,(BJ) a tent(BK) that will not be moved;(BL)
its stakes will never be pulled up,
nor any of its ropes broken.
21 There the Lord will be our Mighty(BM) One.
It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.(BN)
No galley with oars will ride them,
no mighty ship(BO) will sail them.
22 For the Lord is our judge,(BP)
the Lord is our lawgiver,(BQ)
the Lord is our king;(BR)
it is he who will save(BS) us.

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(BT) will carry off plunder.(BU)
24 No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”;(BV)
and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.(BW)

#### Footnotes

1. Isaiah 33:6 Or is a treasure from him
2. Isaiah 33:8 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text / the cities

#### Cross references

1. Isaiah 33:1 : S 2Ki 19:21; S Isa 28:1
2. Isaiah 33:1 : S Isa 31:8; S Mt 7:2
3. Isaiah 33:1 : S Isa 21:2; Jer 30:16; Eze 39:10
4. Isaiah 33:2 : S Ge 43:29; S Ezr 9:8
5. Isaiah 33:2 : Isa 40:10; 51:9; 59:16; 63:5
6. Isaiah 33:2 : S Ps 13:5; S Isa 12:2
7. Isaiah 33:2 : S Isa 5:30
8. Isaiah 33:3 : S Ps 46:6; S 68:33
9. Isaiah 33:3 : S Ps 68:1; S Isa 13:14
10. Isaiah 33:3 : ver 10; Nu 10:35; Ps 12:5; Isa 59:16-18
11. Isaiah 33:4 : S Nu 14:3; S 2Ki 7:16
12. Isaiah 33:4 : S Isa 17:5; Joel 3:13
13. Isaiah 33:4 : Joel 1:4
14. Isaiah 33:5 : S Isa 5:16
15. Isaiah 33:5 : S Job 16:19
16. Isaiah 33:5 : S Isa 9:7; S 28:6
17. Isaiah 33:5 : S Isa 1:26
18. Isaiah 33:6 : S Isa 12:2; 26:1; 51:6; 60:18
19. Isaiah 33:6 : S Pr 1:7; Isa 11:2-3; Mt 6:33
20. Isaiah 33:6 : S Ge 39:3; S Job 22:25
21. Isaiah 33:7 : Isa 10:34
22. Isaiah 33:7 : S 2Ki 18:37
23. Isaiah 33:8 : Isa 60:15; Zec 7:14
24. Isaiah 33:8 : S Jdg 5:6; Isa 30:21; 35:8
25. Isaiah 33:8 : S 2Ki 18:14
26. Isaiah 33:9 : S Isa 3:26
27. Isaiah 33:9 : S 2Ki 19:23; Isa 2:13; 35:2; 37:24; Jer 22:6
28. Isaiah 33:9 : S Isa 15:6
29. Isaiah 33:9 : S 1Ch 27:29
30. Isaiah 33:9 : Mic 7:14
31. Isaiah 33:9 : 1Ki 18:19; Isa 35:2; Na 1:4
32. Isaiah 33:10 : S ver 3; Isa 2:21
33. Isaiah 33:10 : S Isa 5:16
34. Isaiah 33:11 : Ps 7:14; Isa 59:4; Jas 1:15
35. Isaiah 33:11 : S Isa 26:18
36. Isaiah 33:11 : Isa 1:31
37. Isaiah 33:12 : Am 2:1
38. Isaiah 33:12 : S Isa 5:6
39. Isaiah 33:12 : S Isa 10:17; S 27:11
40. Isaiah 33:13 : Ps 48:10; 49:1
41. Isaiah 33:13 : Isa 34:1; 48:16; 49:1
42. Isaiah 33:14 : S Isa 1:28
43. Isaiah 33:14 : S Isa 32:11
44. Isaiah 33:14 : S Isa 1:31; S 30:30; S Zec 13:9; Heb 12:29
45. Isaiah 33:15 : Isa 58:8
46. Isaiah 33:15 : Ps 15:2; 24:4
47. Isaiah 33:15 : Eze 22:13; 33:31
48. Isaiah 33:15 : S Pr 15:27
49. Isaiah 33:15 : Ps 119:37
50. Isaiah 33:16 : S Dt 32:13
51. Isaiah 33:16 : S Ps 46:1; S Isa 25:4
52. Isaiah 33:16 : Ps 18:1-2; Isa 26:1
53. Isaiah 33:16 : Isa 48:21; 49:10; 65:13
54. Isaiah 33:17 : S Isa 6:5
55. Isaiah 33:17 : S Isa 4:2
56. Isaiah 33:17 : S Isa 26:15
57. Isaiah 33:18 : S Isa 17:14
58. Isaiah 33:18 : S Isa 2:15
59. Isaiah 33:19 : S Ps 5:5
60. Isaiah 33:19 : S Ge 11:7; S Isa 28:11
61. Isaiah 33:20 : S Ps 125:1
62. Isaiah 33:20 : S Isa 32:18
63. Isaiah 33:20 : S Ge 26:22
64. Isaiah 33:20 : ver 6; Ps 46:5
65. Isaiah 33:21 : S Isa 10:34
66. Isaiah 33:21 : S Ex 17:6; S Ps 1:3; Isa 32:2; 41:18; 48:18; 49:10; 66:12; Na 3:8
67. Isaiah 33:21 : Isa 23:1
68. Isaiah 33:22 : Isa 11:4
69. Isaiah 33:22 : S Isa 2:3; Jas 4:12
70. Isaiah 33:22 : S Ps 89:18
71. Isaiah 33:22 : S Isa 25:9
72. Isaiah 33:23 : S 2Ki 7:8
73. Isaiah 33:23 : S 2Ki 7:16
74. Isaiah 33:24 : S Isa 30:26
75. Isaiah 33:24 : S Nu 23:21; S 2Ch 6:21; Isa 43:1; 48:20; Jer 31:34; 33:8; 1Jn 1:7-9

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