Isaiah Chapter 33 (NIV)
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Distress and HelpWoe to you, O destroyer,you who have not been destroyed!Woe to you, O traitor,you who have not been betrayed!When you stop destroying,you will be destroyed;when you stop betraying,you will be betrayed.
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O Lord, be gracious to us;we long for you.Be our strength every morning,our salvation in time of distress.
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At the thunder of your voice, the peoples flee;when you rise up, the nations scatter.
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Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts;like a swarm of locusts men pounce on it.
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The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high;he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness.
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He will be the sure foundation for your times,a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge;the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure.
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Look, their brave men cry aloud in the streets;the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
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The highways are deserted,no travelers are on the roads.The treaty is broken,its witnesses are despised,no one is respected.
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The land mourns and wastes away,Lebanon is ashamed and withers;Sharon is like the Arabah,and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.
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“Now will I arise,” says the Lord.“Now will I be exalted;now will I be lifted up.
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You conceive chaff,you give birth to straw;your breath is a fire that consumes you.
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The peoples will be burned as if to lime;like cut thornbushes they will be set ablaze.”
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You who are far away, hear what I have done;you who are near, acknowledge my power!
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The sinners in Zion are terrified;trembling grips the godless:“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
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He who walks righteouslyand speaks what is right,who rejects gain from extortionand keeps his hand from accepting bribes,who stops his ears against plots of murderand shuts his eyes against contemplating evil—
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this is the man who will dwell on the heights,whose refuge will be the mountain fortress.His bread will be supplied,and water will not fail him.
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Your eyes will see the king in his beautyand view a land that stretches afar.
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In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:“Where is that chief officer?Where is the one who took the revenue?Where is the officer in charge of the towers?”
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You will see those arrogant people no more,those people of an obscure speech,with their strange, incomprehensible tongue.
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Look upon Zion, the city of our festivals;your eyes will see Jerusalem,a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved;its stakes will never be pulled up,nor any of its ropes broken.
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There the Lord will be our Mighty One.It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.No galley with oars will ride them,no mighty ship will sail them.
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For the Lord is our judge,the Lord is our lawgiver,the Lord is our king;it is he who will save us.
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Your rigging hangs loose:The mast is not held secure,the sail is not spread.Then an abundance of spoils will be dividedand even the lame will carry off plunder.
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No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”;and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.
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