Isaiah 33:1-14

1Ah, you destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed, you traitor, whom none has betrayed! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betraying, they will betray you.

2O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.

3At the tumultuous noise peoples flee; when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered,

4and your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; as locusts leap, it is leapt upon.

5The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness,

6and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is Zion's treasure.

7Behold, their heroes cry in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.

8The highways lie waste; the traveler ceases. Covenants are broken; cities are despised; there is no regard for man.

9The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is confounded and withers away; Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

10"Now I will arise," says the Lord, "now I will lift myself up; now I will be exalted.

11You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you.

12And the peoples will be as if burned to lime, like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire."

13Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and you who are near, acknowledge my might.

14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: "Who among us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?"