Isaiah 33:1-16

Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed,
O traitor never betrayed!
When you have finished destroying,
you will be destroyed.
When you have finished betraying,
you will be betrayed.

O LORD, be gracious to us!
We wait for You.
Be our strength every morning
and our salvation in time of trouble.

The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice;
the nations scatter when You rise.

Your spoil, O nations,a is gathered as by locusts;
like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.

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

He will be the sure foundation for your times,
a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.
The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.

Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets;
the envoys of peace weep bitterly.

The highways are deserted;
travel has ceased.
The treaty has been broken,
the witnesses are despised,
and human life is disregarded.

The land mourns and languishes;
Lebanon is ashamed and decayed.
Sharon is like a desert;
Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

“Now I will arise,” says the LORD.
“Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.

You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble.
Your breath is a fire that will consume you.

The peoples will be burned to ashes,
like thorns cut down and set ablaze.

You who are far off, hear what I have done;
you who are near, acknowledge My might.”

The sinners in Zion are afraid;
trembling grips the ungodly:
“Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire?
Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”

He who walks righteously
and speaks with sincerity,
who refuses gain from extortion,
whose hand never takes a bribe,
who stops his ears against murderous plots
and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—

he will dwell on the heights;
the mountain fortress will be his refuge;
his food will be provided
and his water assured.

Berean Standard Bible
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