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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 NET Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NET Bible</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/isaiah/33.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">The Lord Will Restore Zion</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The destroyer is as good as dead,</p><p class="poetry2">you who have not been destroyed!</p><p class="poetry2">The deceitful one is as good as dead,</p><p class="poetry2">the one whom others have not deceived!</p><p class="poetry2">When you are through destroying, you will be destroyed;</p><p class="poetry2">when you finish deceiving, others will deceive you!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, be merciful to us! We wait for you.</p><p class="poetry2">Give us strength each morning!</p><p class="poetry2">Deliver us when distress comes.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The nations run away when they hear a loud noise;</p><p class="poetry2">the nations scatter when you spring into action!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Your plunder disappears as if locusts were eating it;</p><p class="poetry2">they swarm over it like locusts!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> is exalted,</p><p class="poetry2">indeed, he lives in heaven;</p><p class="poetry2">he fills Zion with justice and fairness.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He is your constant source of stability;</p><p class="poetry2">he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom;</p><p class="poetry2">he gives all this to those who fear him.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Look, ambassadors cry out in the streets;</p><p class="poetry2">messengers sent to make peace weep bitterly.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Highways are empty,</p><p class="poetry2">there are no travelers.</p><p class="poetry2">Treaties are broken,</p><p class="poetry2">witnesses are despised,</p><p class="poetry2">human life is treated with disrespect.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The land dries up and withers away;</p><p class="poetry2">the forest of Lebanon shrivels up and decays.</p><p class="poetry2">Sharon is like the desert;</p><p class="poetry2">Bashan and Carmel are parched.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Now I will rise up,” says the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>.</p><p class="poetry2">“Now I will exalt myself;</p><p class="poetry2">now I will magnify myself.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You conceive straw,</p><p class="poetry2">you give birth to chaff;</p><p class="poetry2">your breath is a fire that destroys you.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The nations will be burned to ashes;</p><p class="poetry2">like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You who are far away, listen to what I have done!</p><p class="poetry2">You who are close by, recognize my strength!”</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Sinners are afraid in Zion;</p><p class="poetry2">panic grips the godless.</p><p class="poetry2">They say, ‘Who among us can coexist with destructive fire?</p><p class="poetry2">Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?’</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The one who lives uprightly</p><p class="poetry2">and speaks honestly;</p><p class="poetry2">the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures</p><p class="poetry2">and rejects a bribe;</p><p class="poetry2">the one who does not plot violent crimes</p><p class="poetry2">and does not seek to harm others –</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>This is the person who will live in a secure place;</p><p class="poetry2">he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds;</p><p class="poetry2">he will have food</p><p class="poetry2">and a constant supply of water.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>You will see a king in his splendor;</p><p class="poetry2">you will see a wide land.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Your mind will recall the terror you experienced,</p><p class="poetry2">and you will ask yourselves, “Where is the scribe?</p><p class="poetry2">Where is the one who weighs the money?</p><p class="poetry2">Where is the one who counts the towers?”</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>You will no longer see a defiant people</p><p class="poetry2">whose language you do not comprehend,</p><p class="poetry2">whose derisive speech you do not understand.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals!</p><p class="poetry2">You will see Jerusalem,</p><p class="poetry2">a peaceful settlement,</p><p class="poetry2">a tent that stays put;</p><p class="poetry2">its stakes will never be pulled up;</p><p class="poetry2">none of its ropes will snap in two.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Instead the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> will rule there as our mighty king.</p><p class="poetry2">Rivers and wide streams will flow through it;</p><p class="poetry2">no war galley will enter;</p><p class="poetry2">no large ships will sail through.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, our ruler,</p><p class="poetry2">the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, our commander,</p><p class="poetry2">the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, our king –</p><p class="poetry2">he will deliver us.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Though at this time your ropes are slack,</p><p class="poetry2">the mast is not secured,</p><p class="poetry2">and the sail is not unfurled,</p><p class="poetry2">at that time you will divide up a great quantity of loot;</p><p class="poetry2">even the lame will drag off plunder.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/33-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>No resident of Zion will say, “I am ill”;</p><p class="poetry2">the people who live there will have their sin forgiven.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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