1902 Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR)

Isaiah 33

1 God's judgment against the enemies of his Church. 13 The privileges of the godly.

 33:1 ¶ Alas! thou plunderer, when, thou, hadst not been plundered, And thou traitor, when they had not betrayed thee: When thou hast ceased plundering, thou shalt be plundered, When thou hast left off betraying, they shall betray thee.

 33:2 O Yahweh! shew us favour,—For thee, have we waited,—Be thou their arm every morning, Yea our salvation in the time of distress.

 33:3 At the noise of a tumult, the peoples retreated,—When thou didst lift thyself up, nations were scattered.

 33:4 Then shall your spoil, be gathered, as the gathering of the caterpillar,—As the swift running of locusts, is he about to run upon them.

 33:5 Exalted, is Yahweh, for he inhabiteth a height,—He hath filled Zion, with justice and righteousness.

 33:6 So shall a wealth of deliverances, wisdom and knowledge, become the stability of thy times,—the reverence of Yahweh, the same, is his treasure.

 33:7 Lo! their heroes, have cried out openly,—The messengers of peace, in bitterness, continue weeping [they say]:

 33:8 The highways, are deserted, The passer-by on the path, hath ceased,—He hath broken covenant, He hath despised cities, He hath made no account of men.

 33:9 The land mourneth, languisheth, Lebanon, displayeth shame, is withered,—Sharon, hath become, as the waste plain, And Bashan and Carmel, are shaking off their leaves.

 33:10 Now, will I arise, Saith Yahweh, Now, will I lift myself up, Now, will I be exalted!

 33:11 Ye shall conceive chaff, Ye shall bring forth stubble,—Your own breath, like fire, shall devour you.

 33:12 So shall, peoples, become, as the burnings of lime,—As thorns lopped off, with fire, shall they be burned.

 33:13 ¶ Hear—ye that are far off, what I have done, And know—ye that are near, my might:

 33:14 Terror-stricken in Zion,—are sinners, Shuddering hath seized, the impious,—Who, among us can sojourn with a fire that devoureth? Who, among us can sojourn with burnings age-abiding?

 33:15 He that walketh righteously, And speaketh uprightly,—He that refuseth the gain of exactions, That shaketh his hands free from holding a bribe, That stoppeth his ear from hearkening to deeds of blood, And shutteth his eyes from giving countenance to wrong,

 33:16 He, the heights, shall inhabit, A stronghold of crags, shall be his refuge,—His bread, hath been delivered, His waters, have been made sure.

 33:17 Of a king, in his beauty, shall thine eyes, have vision: They shall see a land that stretcheth afar.

 33:18 Thy heart, may murmur in terror,—Where is the scribe? Where—the receiver? Where—he that maketh a list of the towers?

 33:19 The fierce people, shalt thou not see,—The people, of too deep a lip to be understood, of too barbarous a tongue for thee to comprehend.

 33:20 Look thou on Zion, the city of our appointed feast,—Thine own eyes, shall see Jerusalem—A home of comfort A tent which shall not be packed up—Whose pins, shall not be pulled out, for ever, And none of, whose cords, shall be broken.

 33:21 But, there, shall Yahweh be our majestic, one, A place of rivers—streams broad on both hands, Wherein shall go no galley with oars, Neither shall majestic ship traverse it;

 33:22 For, Yahweh, is our judge, Yahweh, is our lawgiver,—Yahweh, is our king, He, will save, us!

 33:23 Loosed, are thy ropes,—They cannot strengthen the socket of their mast, They have not unfurled a sail, Now, can be apportioned spoil, in abundance, The lame, have captured prey!

 33:24 Neither shall the inhabitant say, I am sick,—The people who dwell therein, have been forgiven iniquity.