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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Isaiah 33 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/33.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/33-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Isaiah 33</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/32.htm" title="Isaiah 32">◄</a> Isaiah 33 <a href="../isaiah/34.htm" title="Isaiah 34">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Jerusalem Will Be Safe</h3>1You defeated my people.Now you're in for trouble!You've never been destroyed,but you will be destroyed;you've never been betrayed,but you will be betrayed.When you have finisheddestroying and betraying,you will be destroyedand betrayed in return.2Please, Lord, be kind to us!We depend on you.Make us strong each morning,and come to save uswhen we are in trouble.3Nations scatter when you roarand show your greatness.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.33.3!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 4We attack our enemieslike swarms of locusts;<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.33.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> we take everythingthat belongs to them.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.33.4!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 5You, Lord, are above all others,and you live in the heavens.You have brought justiceand fairness to Jerusalem;6you are the foundationon which we stand today.You always save us and givetrue wisdom and knowledge.Nothing means more to us<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.33.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> than obeying you.<h3 class="s1">The Lord Will Do Something</h3>7Listen! Our bravest soldiersare running through the streets,screaming for help.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.33.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> Our messengers hoped for peace,but came home crying.8No one travels anymore;every road is empty.Treaties are broken,and no respect is shownto any who keep promises.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.33.8!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 9Fields are dry and barren;Mount Lebanon wiltswith shame.Sharon Valley is a desert;the forests of Bashan and Carmelhave lost their leaves.10But the Lord says,“Now I will do somethingand be greatly praised.11Your deeds are strawthat will be set on fireby your very own breath.12You will be burned to asheslike thorns in a fire.13Everyone, both far and near,come look at what I have done.See my mighty power!”<h3 class="s1">Punishment and Rewards</h3>14Those terrible sinnerson Mount Zion trembleas they ask in fear,“How can we possibly livewhere a raging firenever stops burning?”15But there will be rewardsfor those who live rightand tell the truth,for those who refuseto take money by forceor accept bribes,for all who hate murderand violent crimes.16They will live in a fortresshigh on a rocky cliff,where they will have foodand plenty of water.<h3 class="s1">The Lord Is Our King</h3>17With your own eyesyou will see the glorious King;you will see his kingdomreaching far and wide.18Then you will ask yourself,“Where are those officialswho terrified us and forced usto pay such heavy taxes?”19You will never again have to seethe proud people who spokea strange and foreign languageyou could not understand.20Look to Mount Zionwhere we celebrateour religious festivals.You will see Jerusalem,secure as a tent with pegsthat cannot be pulled upand fastened with ropesthat can never be broken.21Our wonderful Lordwill be with us!There will be deep riversand wide streamssafe from enemy ships.<a href="#Isa.33.21!f.1" id="link_Isa.33.21!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> <h3 class="s1">The Lord Is Our Judge</h3>22The Lord is our judgeand our ruler;the Lord is our kingand will keep us safe.23But your nation<a href="#Isa.33.23!f.1" id="link_Isa.33.23!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> is a shipwith its rigging loose,its mast shaky,and its sail not spread.Someday even you that are lamewill take everything you wantfrom your enemies.24The Lord will forgive your sins,and none of you will say,“I feel sick.”</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">33.3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">greatness: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 3.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">33.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">locusts: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Insects like grasshoppers that travel in swarms and cause great damage to crops.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">33.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">them: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 4.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">33.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Nothing … us: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">33.7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Listen … help: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “The <char style="nd">Lord</char> heard our shouts and will come to help us.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">33.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">to any … promises: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Dead Sea Scrolls; the Standard Hebrew Text “to those in the cities.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">33.21 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">safe … ships: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">This probably means that Jerusalem will have a lot of water, without the danger of attacks from enemy ships.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">33.23 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">your nation: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Possibly Judah or Assyria.</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. 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