1 Woe to you, destroying though not yourself destroyed, betraying though not yourself betrayed; when you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed, when you have stopped betraying, you will be betrayed.
2 Yahweh, show us your mercy, we hope in you. Be our arm every morning and our salvation in time of distress.
3 At the sound of tumult the peoples flee, when you stand up the nations scatter.
4 Your spoil is gathered in as a grasshopper gathers in, like a swarm of locusts people descend on it.
5 Yahweh is exalted, for he is enthroned above, he has filled Zion with fair judgement and saving justice.
6 You can count on this all your days: wisdom and knowledge are the riches that save, the fear of Yahweh is his treasure.
7 Look, Ariel is lamenting in the streets, the ambassadors of peace are weeping bitterly.
8 The highways are deserted, no travellers any more on the roads. Agreements are broken, witnesses held in contempt, there is respect for no one.
9 The land pines away in mourning, the Lebanon is withering with shame, Sharon has become like the wasteland, Bashan and Carmel are shuddering.
10 'Now I shall stand up,' says Yahweh, 'now I shall rise, now draw myself up.
11 You conceive chaff, you give birth to straw: like fire, my breath will devour you.
12 The peoples will be burnt up as though by quicklime, like cut thorns they will be burnt on the fire.
13 You who are far away, listen to what I have done, and you who are near, realise my strength.'
14 The sinners in Zion are panic-stricken and fear seizes on the godless, 'Which of us can survive the devouring fire, which of us survive everlasting burning?'
15 The one who acts uprightly and speaks honestly, who scorns to get rich by extortion, who rejects bribes out of hand, who refuses to listen to plans involving bloodshed and shuts his eyes rather than countenance crime:
16 such a man will live on the heights, the craggy rocks will be his refuge, he will be fed, he will not want for water.
17 Your eyes will gaze on the king in his beauty, they will look on a country stretching far and wide.
18 Your heart will meditate on past terrors, 'Where is the man who did the counting? Where is the man who did the weighing? Where is the man who counted off the towers?'
19 No more will you see that insolent people, that people of unintelligible speech, of barbarous and meaningless tongue.
20 Gaze at Zion, city of our feasts; your eyes will see Jerusalem as a home that is secure, a tent not to be moved, none of its tent-pegs ever to be pulled out, none of its guy-ropes ever to be broken.
21 There it is that Yahweh shows us his power, like a place of rivers and very wide canals on which will row no galley, over which will pass no majestic ship.
22 (For Yahweh is our judge, Yahweh our lawgiver, Yahweh is our king and our Saviour.)
23 Your tackle has given way, it cannot support the mast, it cannot hoist the pennon. And so there is much booty to be shared out; the lame fall to plundering,
24 and no one living there will say, 'I am sickly'; the people living there will find their guilt forgiven.
Versículos relacionados com Isaiah, 33:
Chapter 33 of Isaiah begins with a prayer for the deliverance of the people of Judah against their enemies and continues with a prophecy about the coming of the king and the restoration of the city of Zion. The following verses are related to these themes:
Isaiah 30:15: "For thus saith the Lord God, the Holyh of Israel: In converting and in stand, you would be your salvation; in the peace and in trust you would be your strength, but you did not want." This verse talks about the importance of trusting God for salvation and strength, something that is emphasized in Chapter 33 of Isaiah.
Isaiah 32:1: "Behold, a king will reign with righteousness, and the princes shall rule with righteousness." This passage refers to the coming of a just king, which is an important theme in Chapter 33 of Isaiah.
Isaiah 32:18: "Then my people will dwell in the abode of peace, in well -safe addresses, and in quiet places of rest." This verse talks about God's promise to give security and peace to His people, something that is emphasized in Isaiah 33.
Isaiah 35:10: "And the rescued of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with songs of joy, and eternal joy will be over his heads; joy and joy will reach, and will flee sadness and moan." This verse talks about the joy and happiness that God's people will experience after deliverance, a theme that is treated in Isaiah 33.
Isaiah 40:31: "But those who await the Lord will renew their strength, rise with wings as eagles; they shall run and will not tire, walk and do not stick." This verse talks about the importance of waiting in God to renew strength, something that is an important message in Isaiah 33.
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