Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 33

1WoeH1945 to youH859, O destroyerH7703 neverH3808 destroyedH7703, O traitorH898 neverH3808 betrayedH898! When you have finishedH8552 destroyingH7703, you will be destroyedH7703. When you have finishedH5239 betrayingH898, you will be betrayedH898.

2O LORDH3068, be gracious to usH2603!We waitH6960 for You.BeH1961 our strengthH2220 every morningH1242andH637 our salvationH3444 in timeH6256 of troubleH6869.3The peoplesH5971 fleeH5074 the thunderH1995 of Your voiceH6963;the nationsH1471 scatterH5310 when You riseH7427.4Your spoilH7998, O nations,1 is gatheredH622 as by locustsH2625 H625;like a swarmH4944 of locustsH1357 men sweepH8264 over it.

5The LORDH3068 is exaltedH7682, forH3588 He dwellsH7931 on highH4791;He has filledH4390 ZionH6726 with justiceH4941 and righteousnessH6666.6He will beH1961 the sure foundationH530 for your timesH6256,a storehouseH2633 of salvationH3444, wisdomH2451, and knowledgeH1847.The fearH3374 of the LORDH3068 H1931 is Zion’s treasureH214.

7BeholdH2005, their valiant onesH691 cry aloudH6817 in the streetsH2351;the envoysH4397 of peaceH7965 weepH1058 bitterlyH4751.8The highwaysH4546 are desertedH8074;travelH5674 H734 has ceasedH7673.The treatyH1285 2 has been brokenH6565,the witnessesH5892 3 are despisedH3988,and human lifeH3808 is disregardedH2803 H582.9The landH776 mournsH56 and languishesH535;LebanonH3844 is ashamedH2659 and decayedH7060.SharonH8289 isH1961 like a desertH6160;BashanH1316 and CarmelH3760 shake off their leavesH5287.

10“NowH6258 I will ariseH6965,” saysH559 the LORDH3068.“NowH6258 I will lift Myself upH7311. NowH6258 I will be exaltedH5375.11You conceiveH2029 chaffH2842; you give birth toH3205 stubbleH7179.Your breathH7307 is a fireH784 that will consume youH398.12The peoplesH5971 will beH1961 burnedH4955 to ashesH7875,like thornsH6975 cut downH3683 and setH3341 ablazeH784.13You who are far offH7350, hearH8085 whatH834 I have doneH6213;you who are nearH7138, acknowledgeH3045 My mightH1369.”

14The sinnersH2400 in ZionH6726 are afraidH6342;tremblingH7461 gripsH270 the ungodlyH2611:“WhoH4310 of us can dwell withH1481 a consumingH398 fireH784?WhoH4310 of us can dwell withH1481 everlastingH5769 flamesH4168?”15He who walksH1980 righteouslyH6666and speaksH1696 with sincerityH4339,who refusesH3988 gainH1215 from extortionH4642,whose handH3709 neverH5287 takesH8551 a bribeH7810,who stopsH331 his earsH241 againstH8085 murderous plotsH1818and shutsH6105 his eyes tightlyH5869 againstH7200 evilH7451—16heH1931 will dwellH7931 on the heightsH4791;the mountainH5553 fortressH4679 will be his refugeH4869;his foodH3899 will be providedH5414and his waterH4325 assuredH539.

17Your eyesH5869 will seeH2372 the KingH4428 in His beautyH3308and beholdH7200 a landH776 that stretches afarH4801.18Your mindH3820 will ponderH1897 the former terrorH367:“WhereH346 is he who talliesH5608? WhereH346 is he who weighsH8254?WhereH346 is he who countsH5608 the towersH4026?”19 You will noH3808 longer seeH7200 the insolentH3267 H5971,a peopleH5971 whose speechH8193 is unintelligibleH6012 ,who stammerH3932 in a languageH3956 you cannotH369 understandH998.

20LookH2372 upon ZionH6726,the cityH7151 of our appointed feastsH4150.Your eyesH5869 will seeH7200 JerusalemH3389,a peacefulH7600 pastureH5116, a tentH168 that does notH1077 wanderH6813;its tent pegsH3489 H5331 will notH1077 be pulled upH5265,norH1077 will anyH3605 of its cordsH2256 be brokenH5423.21 ButH518 thereH8033 the Majestic OneH117, our LORDH3068,will be for us a placeH4725 of riversH5104 and wideH7342 H3027 canalsH2975,where noH1077 galleyH590 with oarsH7885 will rowH1980,and noH3808 majesticH117 vesselH6716 will passH5674.

22ForH3588 the LORDH3068 is our JudgeH8199,the LORDH3068 is our lawgiverH2710,the LORDH3068 is our KingH4428.It is HeH1931 who will save usH3467.

23Your ropesH2256 are slackH5203;they cannotH1077 secureH2388 the mastH8650 H1077 or spreadH6566 the sailH5251.ThenH227 an abundanceH4766 of spoilsH5706 H7998 will be dividedH2505,and even the lameH6455 will carry off plunderH962 H957.24And noH1077 residentH7934 of Zion will sayH559, “I am sickH2470.”The peopleH5971 who dwellH3427 therewill be forgivenH5375 of iniquityH5771.

Notes

1. Isaiah 33:4 O nations is added for clarity. ↩
2. Isaiah 33:8 Forms of the Hebrew berit are translated in most passages as covenant. ↩
3. Isaiah 33:8 DSS; MT the cities ↩