Isaiah 33:1-14

1Oy , you destroyer, never destroyed, you traitor, never betrayed! When you have stopped destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you finish betraying, they will betray you.

2Adonai, be gracious to us! We long for You. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of trouble.

3From the noise of tumult people will flee; When You lift Yourself up, the nations will be scattered.

4Your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; like a swarm of locusts, they are rushing over it.

5Adonai is exalted, for He dwells on high! He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

6It will be your time of faithfulness, a wealth of salvation, wisdom and knowledge— the fear of Adonai is His treasure.

7Behold, heroes cry outside. Ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

8Highways are desolate; travel has ceased; covenant is broken; cities are despised; there is no regard for humanity.

9The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is shamed and withers; Sharon is like a wilderness; Bashan and Carmel are shaken bare.

10“Now I will arise,” says Adonai. “Now I will be exalted. Now I will lift Myself up.

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

12Then peoples will be burned as lime, like thorns cut down, burned in the fire.

13Hear, you who are afar off, what I have done, and you who are near, acknowledge My might.”

14Sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can live with the consuming fire?” “Who among us can live with everlasting burnings?”