33:1 Woe to thee that layest waste, and thou [wast] not laid
waste; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not
treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to lay waste,
thou shalt be wasted; [and] when thou shalt make an end to deal
treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
33:2 O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for thee: be thou
their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of
trouble.
33:3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting
up of thyself the nations were scattered.
33:4 And your spoil shall be gathered [like] the gathering of
the caterpillar: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he
run upon them.
33:5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath
filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
33:6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy
times, [and] strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD [is]
his treasure.
33:7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the
embassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
33:8 The highways lie waste, the way-faring man ceaseth: he hath
broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth
no man.
33:9 The earth mourneth [and] languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed
[and] hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and
Carmel shake off [their fruits].
33:10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted;
now will I lift up myself.
33:11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble:
your breath, [as] fire, shall devour you.
33:12 And the people shall be [as] the burnings of lime: [as]
thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
33:13 Ye [that are] far off, hear what I have done; and ye [that
are] near, acknowledge my might.
33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised
the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring
fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
33:15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he
that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands
from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of
blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
33:16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defense [shall be]
the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters
[shall be] sure.
33:17 Thy eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall
behold the land that is very far off.
33:18 Thy heart shall meditate terror. Where [is] the scribe?
where [is] the receiver? where [is] he that counted the towers?
33:19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of deeper
speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, [that
thou canst] not understand.
33:20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thy eyes
shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle [that]
shall not be taken down; not one of its stakes shall ever be
removed, neither shall any of its cords be broken.
33:21 But there the glorious LORD [will be] to us a place of
broad rivers [and] streams; in which shall go no galley with
oars, neither shall gallant ship pass through it.
33:22 For the LORD [is] our judge, the LORD [is] our lawgiver,
the LORD [is] our king; he will save us.
33:23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen
their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of
a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
33:24 And the inhabitants shall not say, I am sick: the people
that dwell therein [shall be] forgiven [their] iniquity.
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