Chapter 33
- 33:1
- Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and
they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be
spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal
treacherously with thee.
- 33:2
- O LORD, be gracious unto 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 caterpiller: 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 ambassadors of peace shall weep
bitterly.
- 33:8
- The highways lie waste, the wayfaring 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
- Hear, ye that are far off, 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 defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread
shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
- 33:17
- Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far
off.
- 33:18
- Thine 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 a 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: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet
habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall
ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
- 33:21
- But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein
shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
- 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 inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be
forgiven their iniquity.