1 Hoy (woe, doom) to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed;

and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously as a boged (traitor, treacherous person) with thee!

When thou shalt cease to destroy, thou shalt be destroyed;

and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously as a boged with thee.

2 Hashem, be gracious unto us;

we have waited for Thee;

be Thou their zero’a in the bekarim (mornings),

our Yeshu’ah (salvation) also in the time of tzoros.

3 At the noise of the tumult the peoples fled;

at the lifting up of Thyself the Goyim were scattered.

4 And your shalal (booty, plunder, gain) shall be gathered

like the gathering of the locusts;

as the swarm of grasshoppers

shall men pounce upon them.

5 Hashem is exalted; for He dwelleth on high;

He hath filled Tziyon with mishpat and tzedakah.

6 And He shall be the emunah (faithfulness, stability) of thy times,

a rich store of Yeshu’ah (salvation), chochmah, and da’as;

the yirat Hashem is his otzar (treasure).

7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry in the street;

the malachei shalom shall weep bitterly.

8 The mesillot (highways) lie in ruins,

the wayfaring man ceaseth;

he hath annulled the brit (covenant),

he hath despised the towns,

he regardeth no enosh (humankind).

9 Ha’aretz mourneth and languisheth;

Levanon is ashamed and shriveled;

Sharon is like an aravah;

and Bashan and Carmel shake off their foliage.

10 Now will I arise, saith Hashem;

now will I be exalted;

now will I lift up Myself.

11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth straw;

your ruach (breath), as eish, shall devour you.

12 And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime;

as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the eish.

13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done;

and, ye that are near, acknowledge My gevurah (might).

14 The chatta’im (sinners) in Tziyon are terrified;

trembling hath seized the khanafim (hypocrites).

Who among us can dwell with the devouring eish?

Who among us can dwell with mokedei olam*33:14 see Dan 12:2 (everlasting burnings)?

15 He that walketh in tzedakot, and speaketh meisharim (right things),

he that despiseth the gain of extortions,

that guards his palms from accepting shochad (bribe[s]),

that stoppeth his ozen from hearing of dahm,

and shutteth his eynayim from seeing rah;

16 He shall dwell on high;

his metzadot shall be the rocky fortress;

his lechem shall be given him; his mayim shall be unfailing.

17 Thine eynayim shall see Melech in His yafeh (beauty);

they shall behold eretz that is very far off.

18 Thine lev shall ponder terror.

Where is the sofer (scribe)?

Where is he who weighs?*33:18 for Assyrian tax collection

Where is he that counts the migdalim (towers)?

19 Thou shalt no longer see a fierce people,

a people of unfathomable language that is incomprehensible,

of a stammering lashon, that thou canst not understand.

20 Look upon Tziyon, the city of mo’adenu (our appointed times, festivals);

thine eynayim shall see Yerushalayim

a quiet naveh,

an ohel that shall not be taken down;

not one stake thereof shall ever be pulled up,

neither shall any of the ropes thereof be broken.

21 But there Adir Hashem will be unto us

a makom (place) of broad rivers and streams;

wherein shall go no galley with oars,

neither shall a mighty ship pass thereby.

22 For Hashem is our Shofet,

Hashem is Mechokkeinu (our Lawgiver),

Hashem is Malkeinu;

Hu yoshieinu (He will save us).

23 Thy riggings are loosed;

they could not well strengthen their mast,

they could not spread the nes (sail);

then is the shalal (spoil, plunder) of a great plunder divided;

the pisechim (lame ones) take the plunder.

24 And the inhabitant [of Yerushalayim] shall not say, I am ill;

the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their avon.