Isaiah 33:1-24 CSB

[1] Woe, you destroyer never destroyed, you traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, they will betray you. [2] LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for you. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble. [3] The peoples flee at the thunderous noise; the nations scatter when you rise in your majesty. [4] Your spoil will be gathered as locusts are gathered; people will swarm over it like an infestation of locusts. [5] The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. [6] There will be times of security for you- a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion's treasure. [7] Listen! Their warriors cry loudly in the streets; the messengers of peace weep bitterly. [8] The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. An agreement has been broken, cities despised, and human life disregarded. [9] The land mourns and withers; Lebanon is ashamed and wilted. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves. [10] "Now I will rise up," says the LORD. "Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted. [11] You will conceive chaff; you will give birth to stubble. Your breath is fire that will consume you. [12] The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and burned in a fire. [13] You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, know my strength." [14] The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling seizes the ungodly: "Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?" [15] The one who lives righteously and speaks rightly, who refuses profit from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots and shuts his eyes against evil schemes- [16] he will dwell on the heights; his refuge will be the rocky fortresses, his food provided, his water assured. [17] Your eyes will see the King in his beauty; you will see a vast land. [18] Your mind will meditate on the past terror: "Where is the accountant? Where is the tribute collector? Where is the one who spied out our defenses?" [19] You will no longer see the barbarians, a people whose speech is difficult to comprehend- who stammer in a language that is not understood. [20] Look at Zion, the city of our festival times. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up nor will any of its cords be loosened. [21] For the majestic one, our LORD, will be there, a place of rivers and broad streams where ships that are rowed will not go, and majestic vessels will not pass. [22] For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our Lawgiver, the LORD is our King. He will save us. [23] Your ropes are slack; they cannot hold the base of the mast or spread out the flag. Then abundant spoil will be divided, the lame will plunder it, [24] and none there will say, "I am sick." The people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.