| Chapter
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. |
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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. |
| 3 | At the noise of the tumult the
people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. |
| 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. |
| 5 |
The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment
and righteousness. |
| 6 | And
wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of
salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. |
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7 | Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the
ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. |
| 8 | The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he
hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. |
| 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. |
| 10 | Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted;
now will I lift up myself. |
| 11
| Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as
fire, shall devour you. |
| 12 |
And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall
they be burned in the fire. |
| 13
| Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near,
acknowledge my might. |
| 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? |
| 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; |
| 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. |
| 17 |
Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land
that is very far off. |
| 18 |
Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver?
where is he that counted the towers? |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 22 | For the LORD is our judge, the
LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us. |
| 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. |
| 24 | And the inhabitant shall not say, I am
sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. |
