Isaiah 33:1-16

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33 Woe^(A) to you, destroyer,
    you who have not been destroyed!
Woe to you, betrayer,
    you who have not been betrayed!
When you stop destroying,
    you will be destroyed;^(B)
when you stop betraying,
    you will be betrayed.^(C)

²Lord, be gracious^(D) to us;
    we long for you.
Be our strength^(E) every morning,
    our salvation^(F) in time of distress.^(G)
³At the uproar of your army,^(H) the peoples flee;^(I)
    when you rise up,^(J) the nations scatter.
⁴Your plunder,^(K) O nations, is harvested^(L) as by young locusts;^(M)
    like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.

⁵The Lord is exalted,^(N) for he dwells on high;^(O)
    he will fill Zion with his justice^(P) and righteousness.^(Q)
⁶He will be the sure foundation for your times,
    a rich store of salvation^(R) and wisdom and knowledge;
    the fear^(S) of the Lord is the key to this treasure.^[a]^(T)

⁷Look, their brave men^(U) cry aloud in the streets;
    the envoys^(V) of peace weep bitterly.
⁸The highways are deserted,
    no travelers^(W) are on the roads.^(X)
The treaty is broken,^(Y)
    its witnesses^[b] are despised,
    no one is respected.
⁹The land dries up^(Z) and wastes away,
    Lebanon^(AA) is ashamed and withers;^(AB)
Sharon^(AC) is like the Arabah,
    and Bashan^(AD) and Carmel^(AE) drop their leaves.

¹⁰“Now will I arise,^(AF)” says the Lord.
    “Now will I be exalted;^(AG)
    now will I be lifted up.
¹¹You conceive^(AH) chaff,
    you give birth^(AI) to straw;
    your breath is a fire^(AJ) that consumes you.
¹²The peoples will be burned to ashes;^(AK)
    like cut thornbushes^(AL) they will be set ablaze.^(AM)”

¹³You who are far away,^(AN) hear^(AO) what I have done;
    you who are near, acknowledge my power!
¹⁴The sinners^(AP) in Zion are terrified;
    trembling^(AQ) grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?^(AR)
    Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
¹⁵Those who walk righteously^(AS)
    and speak what is right,^(AT)
who reject gain from extortion^(AU)
    and keep their hands from accepting bribes,^(AV)
who stop their ears against plots of murder
    and shut their eyes^(AW) against contemplating evil—
¹⁶they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,^(AX)
    whose refuge^(AY) will be the mountain fortress.^(AZ)
Their bread will be supplied,
    and water will not fail^(BA) them.