Isaiah 33 NIV
Woe to you, O
destroyer (Satan), 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.
O Lord, be gracious
to us; we long for you.
Be our salvation in
time of distress.
At
the thunder of your voice, the peoples flee;
When
you rise up, the nations scatter.
Your plunder, O
nations is harvested as by young locusts;
Like a swarm of
locusts men pounce on it.
The Lord is exalted,
for he dwells on high;
He will fill Zion
with justice and righteousness.
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.
Look, their brave
men cry aloud in the streets;
The envoys of peace weep bitterly.
The highways are
deserted, no travelers are on the roads.
The treaty is
broken, its witnesses are despised, no one is respected.
The land mourns and
wastes away, Lebanon is ashamed and withers;
Sharon is like the
Arabah, and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.
'Now
will I arise,' says the Lord.
'Now
will I be exalted; now will I be lifted up.
You conceive chaff,
you give birth to straw;
Your breath is a
fire that consumes you.
The
peoples will be burned as if to lime;
Like cut thornbushes
they will be set ablaze.'
You who are far
away, hear what I have done;
Acknowledge my
power!
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?'
He who walks
righteously and speaks what is right,
Who rejects gain
from extortion
And keeps his hand
from accepting bribes,
Who stops his ears
against plots of murder
And shuts his eyes
against contemplating evil--
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.
Your eyes will
see the king in his beauty
And view a land that
stretches afar.
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?'
You will see
those arrogant people no more,
Those people of an
obscure speech,
With their strange,
incomprehensible tongue.
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.
There
the Lord will be our Mighty One.
It will be like a
place of broad rivers and streams.
No mighty ship will
sail them.
For the Lord is our
judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king;
It is he who will
save us.
Your rigging hangs
loose:
The mast is not held
secure, the sail is not spread.
Then an abundance of
spoils will be divided
And even the lame
will carry off plunder.
No one living in
Zion will say, 'I am ill';
And the sins of
those who dwell there will be forgiven. (Isaiah 33 NIV)
Today, as in every
generation,
God Almighty determines the future of every nation.
Soon, the godless
nations will be scattered and destroyed.
The sinners in Zion
will be terrified.
Nevertheless, Christ
Jesus will reign in Zion, in Jerusalem
With His righteous
ones, His Bride.
Nothing and no one can
prevent this.
The arrogant people
will be no more, the nations reduced to nothing.
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