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Isaiah 33:1-24 — Distress and Help

Isa.33.1-24

¹Woe to you, destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed; and you traitor, who have not been betrayed! When you finish destroying, you will be destroyed; when you cease betraying, they will betray you. ²Yahweh, be gracious to us; we have waited for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of distress. ³At the sound of the tumult, peoples flee; when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered. ⁴And your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; like a swarm of locusts leaping upon it. ⁵Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high; he has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. ⁶And he will be the stability of your times, a wealth of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of Yahweh is his treasure. ⁷Behold, their valiant ones cry out in the streets; the messengers of peace weep bitterly. ⁸The highways are desolate, the traveler has ceased. He has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, he has no regard for mankind. 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 Yahweh, "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 burned to lime, like cut thorns they will be set ablaze in the fire." ¹³Hear, you who are far away, what I have done; and acknowledge, you who are near, 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 flames?' ¹⁵He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands free from holding a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil— ¹⁶he will dwell on the heights; his refuge will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be supplied, his water will be sure. ¹⁷Your eyes will see the king in his beauty; they will behold a land that stretches far away. ¹⁸Your heart will meditate on the terror: 'Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?' ¹⁹You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you cannot comprehend, of a stammering language that has no understanding. ²⁰Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed festivals! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that will not be moved; its tent pegs will never be pulled up, and none of its cords will be broken. ²¹But there the Majestic One, Yahweh, will be for us a place of broad rivers and streams, where no galley with oars will go, and no majestic warship will pass by. ²²For Yahweh is our Judge, Yahweh is our Lawgiver, Yahweh is our King; He will save us. ²³Your rigging hangs loose; they cannot hold the base of their mast firm, they cannot spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoil will be divided; even the lame will take the prey. ²⁴And no resident will say, 'I am sick.' The people dwelling there will be forgiven their iniquity .

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4/11/2026

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