Bible, King James Version
Isaiah
Isa.33
[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.
[2] O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee:
be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time
of trouble.
[3] At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the
lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
[4] And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of
the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he
run upon them.
[5] The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath
filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
[6] And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy
times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his
treasure.
[7] Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the
ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
[8] The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he
hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he
regardeth no man.
[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.
[10] Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be
exalted; now will I lift up myself.
[11] Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth
stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
[12] And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as
thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
[13] Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye
that are near, acknowledge my might.
[14] The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath
surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the
devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting
burnings?
[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;
[16] He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be
the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters
shall be sure.
[17] Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they
shall behold the land that is very far off.
[18] Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the
scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the
towers?
[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.
[20] Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine
eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that
shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever
be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
[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.
[22] For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver,
the LORD is our king; he will save us.
[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.
[24] And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the
people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
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