Isaías 33

A Prayer in Deep Distress

1 Woe to you *Is. 21:2; Hab. 2:8who plunder, though you have not been plundered;

And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you!

*Rev. 13:10When you cease plundering,

You will be *Is. 10:12; 14:25; 31:8plundered;

When you make an end of dealing treacherously,

They will deal treacherously with you.

2 O Lord, be gracious to us;

*Is. 25:9; 26:8We have waited for You.

Be their arm every morning,

Our salvation also in the time of trouble.

3 At the noise of the tumult the people *Is. 17:13shall flee;

When You lift Yourself up, the nations shall be scattered;

4 And Your plunder shall be gathered

Like the gathering of the caterpillar;

As the running to and fro of locusts,

He shall run upon them.

5 *Ps. 97:9The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high;

He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

6 Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times,

And the strength of salvation;

The fear of the Lordis His treasure.

7 Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside,

*2 Kin. 18:18, 37The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

8 *Judg. 5:6The highways lie waste,

The traveling man ceases.

*2 Kin. 18:13–17He has broken the covenant,

He has despised the cities,

He regards no man.

9 *Is. 24:4The earth mourns and languishes,

Lebanon is shamed and shriveled;

Sharon is like a wilderness,

And Bashan and Carmel shake off theirfruits.

Impending Judgment on Zion

10 "Now*Ps. 12:5; Is. 2:19, 21 I will rise," says the Lord;

"Now I will be exalted,

Now I will lift Myself up.

11 *(Ps. 7:14; Is. 26:18; 59:4; James 1:15)You shall conceive chaff,

You shall bring forth stubble;

Your breath, as fire, shall devour you.

12 And the people shall be like the burnings of lime;

*Is. 9:18Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire.

13 Hear, *Ps. 48:10; Is. 49:1you whoare afar off, what I have done;

And you whoare near, acknowledge My might."

14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;

Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:

"Who among us shall dwell with the devouring *Is. 30:27, 30; Heb. 12:29fire?

Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?"

15 He who *Ps. 15:2; 24:3, 4; Is. 58:6–11walks righteously and speaks uprightly,

He who despises the gain of oppressions,

Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes,

Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed,

And *Ps. 119:37shuts his eyes from seeing evil:

16 He will dwell on high;

His place of defense willbe the fortress of rocks;

Bread will be given him,

His water willbe sure.

The Land of the Majestic King

17 Your eyes will see the King in His *Ps. 27:4beauty;

They will see the land that is very far off.

18 Your heart will meditate on terror:

*1 Cor. 1:20"Where is the scribe?

Where is he who weighs?

Where is he who counts the towers?"

19 *2 Kin. 19:32You will not see a fierce people,

*Deut. 28:49, 50; Is. 28:11; Jer. 5:15A people of obscure speech, beyond perception,

Of a stammering tongue thatyou cannot understand.

20 *Ps. 48:12Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;

Your eyes will see *Ps. 46:5; 125:1; Is. 32:18Jerusalem, a quiet home,

A tabernacle that will not be taken down;

*Is. 37:33Not one of *Is. 54:2its stakes will ever be removed,

Nor will any of its cords be broken.

21 But there the majestic Lordwillbe for us

A place of broad rivers and streams,

In which no galley with oars will sail,

Nor majestic ships pass by

22 (For the Lordis our *(Acts 10:42)Judge,

The Lordis our *Is. 1:10; 51:4, 7; James 4:12Lawgiver,

*Ps. 89:18; Is. 25:9; 35:4; Zech. 9:9The Lordis our King;

He will save us);

23 Your tackle is loosed,

They could not strengthen their mast,

They could not spread the sail.

Then the prey of great plunder is divided;

The lame take the prey.

24 And the inhabitant will not say, "I am sick";

*Is. 40:2; Jer. 50:20; Mic. 7:18, 19; 1 John 1:7–9The people who dwell in it willbe forgiven their iniquity.