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Isaiah 33 Westminster Leningrad Codex
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1 ה֣וֹי שׁוֹדֵ֗ד וְאַתָּה֙ לֹ֣א שָׁד֔וּד וּבוֹגֵ֖ד וְלֹא־בָ֣גְדוּ ב֑וֹ כַּהֲתִֽמְךָ֤ שׁוֹדֵד֙ תּוּשַּׁ֔ד כַּנְּלֹתְךָ֥ לִבְגֹּ֖ד יִבְגְּדוּ־בָֽךְ׃ ס
1 Woe to you who destroy, but you weren’t destroyed, and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betrayal, you will be betrayed.
2 יְהוָ֥ה חָנֵּ֖נוּ לְךָ֣ קִוִּ֑ינוּ הֱיֵ֤ה זְרֹעָם֙ לַבְּקָרִ֔ים אַף־יְשׁוּעָתֵ֖נוּ בְּעֵ֥ת צָרָֽה׃
2 Yahweh, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
3 מִקּ֣וֹל הָמ֔וֹן נָדְד֖וּ עַמִּ֑ים מֵר֣וֹמְמֻתֶ֔ךָ נָפְצ֖וּ גּוֹיִֽם׃
3 At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled. When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered.
4 וְאֻסַּ֣ף שְׁלַלְכֶ֔ם אֹ֖סֶף הֶֽחָסִ֑יל כְּמַשַּׁ֥ק גֵּבִ֖ים שׁוֹקֵ֥ק בּֽוֹ׃
4 Your plunder will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. Men will leap on it as locusts leap.
5 נִשְׂגָּ֣ב יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֥י שֹׁכֵ֖ן מָר֑וֹם מִלֵּ֣א צִיּ֔וֹן מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּצְדָקָֽה׃
5 Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6 וְהָיָה֙ אֱמוּנַ֣ת עִתֶּ֔יךָ חֹ֥סֶן יְשׁוּעֹ֖ת חָכְמַ֣ת וָדָ֑עַת יִרְאַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה הִ֥יא אוֹצָרֽוֹ׃ ס
6 There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.
7 הֵ֚ן אֶרְאֶלָּ֔ם צָעֲק֖וּ חֻ֑צָה מַלְאֲכֵ֣י שָׁל֔וֹם מַ֖ר יִבְכָּיֽוּן׃
7 Behold, their valiant ones cry outside; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
8 נָשַׁ֣מּוּ מְסִלּ֔וֹת שָׁבַ֖ת עֹבֵ֣ר אֹ֑רַח הֵפֵ֤ר בְּרִית֙ מָאַ֣ס עָרִ֔ים לֹ֥א חָשַׁ֖ב אֱנֽוֹשׁ׃
8 The highways are desolate. The traveling man ceases. The covenant is broken. He has despised the cities. He doesn’t respect man.
9 אָבַ֤ל אֻמְלְלָה֙ אָ֔רֶץ הֶחְפִּ֥יר לְבָנ֖וֹן קָמַ֑ל הָיָ֤ה הַשָּׁרוֹן֙ כָּֽעֲרָבָ֔ה וְנֹעֵ֥ר בָּשָׁ֖ן וְכַרְמֶֽל׃
9 The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.
10 עַתָּ֥ה אָק֖וּם יֹאמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה עַתָּה֙ אֵֽרוֹמָ֔ם עַתָּ֖ה אֶנָּשֵֽׂא׃
10 “Now I will arise,” says Yahweh. “Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted.
11 תַּהֲר֥וּ חֲשַׁ֖שׁ תֵּ֣לְדוּ קַ֑שׁ רוּחֲכֶ֕ם אֵ֖שׁ תֹּאכַלְכֶֽם׃
11 You will conceive chaff. You will give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.
12 וְהָי֥וּ עַמִּ֖ים מִשְׂרְפ֣וֹת שִׂ֑יד קוֹצִ֥ים כְּסוּחִ֖ים בָּאֵ֥שׁ יִצַּֽתּוּ׃ ס
12 The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.
13 שִׁמְע֥וּ רְחוֹקִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֑יתִי וּדְע֥וּ קְרוֹבִ֖ים גְּבֻרָתִֽי׃
13 Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and, you who are near, acknowledge my might.”
14 פָּחֲד֤וּ בְצִיּוֹן֙ חַטָּאִ֔ים אָחֲזָ֥ה רְעָדָ֖ה חֲנֵפִ֑ים מִ֣י ׀ יָג֣וּר לָ֗נוּ אֵ֚שׁ אוֹכֵלָ֔ה מִי־יָג֥וּר לָ֖נוּ מוֹקְדֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם׃
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?
15 הֹלֵ֣ךְ צְדָק֔וֹת וְדֹבֵ֖ר מֵֽישָׁרִ֑ים מֹאֵ֞ס בְּבֶ֣צַע מַעֲשַׁקּ֗וֹת נֹעֵ֤ר כַּפָּיו֙ מִתְּמֹ֣ךְ בַּשֹּׁ֔חַד אֹטֵ֤ם אָזְנוֹ֙ מִשְּׁמֹ֣עַ דָּמִ֔ים וְעֹצֵ֥ם עֵינָ֖יו מֵרְא֥וֹת בְּרָֽע׃
15 He who walks righteously and speaks blamelessly, he who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—
16 ה֚וּא מְרוֹמִ֣ים יִשְׁכֹּ֔ן מְצָד֥וֹת סְלָעִ֖ים מִשְׂגַּבּ֑וֹ לַחְמ֣וֹ נִתָּ֔ן מֵימָ֖יו נֶאֱמָנִֽים׃
16 he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.
17 מֶ֥לֶךְ בְּיָפְי֖וֹ תֶּחֱזֶ֣ינָה עֵינֶ֑יךָ תִּרְאֶ֖ינָה אֶ֥רֶץ מַרְחַקִּֽים׃
17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will see a distant land.
18 לִבְּךָ֖ יֶהְגֶּ֣ה אֵימָ֑ה אַיֵּ֤ה סֹפֵר֙ אַיֵּ֣ה שֹׁקֵ֔ל אַיֵּ֖ה סֹפֵ֥ר אֶת־הַמִּגְדָּלִֽים׃
18 Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?
19 אֶת־עַ֥ם נוֹעָ֖ז לֹ֣א תִרְאֶ֑ה עַ֣ם עִמְקֵ֤י שָׂפָה֙ מִשְּׁמ֔וֹעַ נִלְעַ֥ג לָשׁ֖וֹן אֵ֥ין בִּינָֽה׃
19 You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can’t comprehend, with a strange language that you can’t understand.
20 חֲזֵ֣ה צִיּ֔וֹן קִרְיַ֖ת מֽוֹעֲדֵ֑נוּ עֵינֶיךָ֩ תִרְאֶ֨ינָה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם נָוֶ֣ה שַׁאֲנָ֗ן אֹ֤הֶל בַּל־יִצְעָן֙ בַּל־יִסַּ֤ע יְתֵֽדֹתָיו֙ לָנֶ֔צַח וְכָל־חֲבָלָ֖יו בַּל־יִנָּתֵֽקוּ׃
20 Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won’t be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
21 כִּ֣י אִם־שָׁ֞ם אַדִּ֤יר יְהוָה֙ לָ֔נוּ מְקוֹם־נְהָרִ֥ים יְאֹרִ֖ים רַחֲבֵ֣י יָדָ֑יִם בַּל־תֵּ֤לֶךְ בּוֹ֙ אֳנִי־שַׁ֔יִט וְצִ֥י אַדִּ֖יר לֹ֥א יַעַבְרֶֽנּוּ׃
21 But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of wide rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there.
22 כִּ֤י יְהוָה֙ שֹׁפְטֵ֔נוּ יְהוָ֖ה מְחֹקְקֵ֑נוּ יְהוָ֥ה מַלְכֵּ֖נוּ ה֥וּא יוֹשִׁיעֵֽנוּ׃
22 For Yahweh is our judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. He will save us.
23 נִטְּשׁ֖וּ חֲבָלָ֑יִךְ בַּל־יְחַזְּק֤וּ כֵן־תָּרְנָם֙ בַּל־פָּ֣רְשׂוּ נֵ֔ס אָ֣ז חֻלַּ֤ק עַֽד־שָׁלָל֙ מַרְבֶּ֔ה פִּסְחִ֖ים בָּ֥זְזוּ בַֽז׃
23 Your rigging is untied. They couldn’t strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn’t spread the sail. Then the prey of a great plunder was divided. The lame took the prey.
24 וּבַל־יֹאמַ֥ר שָׁכֵ֖ן חָלִ֑יתִי הָעָ֛ם הַיֹּשֵׁ֥ב בָּ֖הּ נְשֻׂ֥א עָוֺֽן׃
24 The inhabitant won’t say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.
Cross references (24)
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- 1 Matthew 7:2; Isaiah 24:16; Isaiah 10:12; Revelation 17:17; Obadiah 10–16
- 2 2 Corinthians 1:3–4; Isaiah 30:18–19; Isaiah 59:16; Psalm 62:8; Psalm 60:11
- 3 Isaiah 10:13–14; Isaiah 10:32–34; Isaiah 37:11–18; Isaiah 59:16–18; Psalm 46:6
- 4 2 Chronicles 20:25; Isaiah 33:23; 2 Chronicles 14:13; Joel 2:9; Joel 2:25
- 5 Isaiah 2:17; Romans 11:26; Revelation 19:2–6; Daniel 4:37; Ephesians 1:20–21
- 6 Psalm 112:1–3; Proverbs 19:23; 1 Timothy 4:8; Matthew 6:33; Proverbs 14:27
- 7 2 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 18:37–19:3; Isaiah 36:22; Isaiah 36:3
- 8 Judges 5:6; Isaiah 35:8; Isaiah 10:29–31; Lamentations 1:4; Isaiah 10:9–11
- 9 Isaiah 35:2; Isaiah 65:10; Nahum 1:4; Zechariah 11:1–3; Isaiah 3:26
- 10 Psalm 12:5; Psalm 102:13–18; Amos 6:1; Isaiah 42:13–14; Isaiah 59:16–17
- 11 Isaiah 59:4; Psalm 7:14; James 1:15; Acts 5:4; Isaiah 10:7–14
- 12 2 Samuel 23:6–7; Isaiah 27:4; Isaiah 37:36; Amos 2:1; Isaiah 10:17
- 13 Psalm 48:10; Ephesians 2:11–18; Daniel 3:27–4:3; Isaiah 49:1; Psalm 147:12–14
- 14 Hebrews 12:29; Isaiah 66:24; Matthew 25:46; Deuteronomy 5:24–25; Matthew 18:8
- 15 Psalm 119:37; 1 John 3:7; Ephesians 5:11–13; Deuteronomy 16:19; Romans 2:7
- 16 Luke 12:29–31; Isaiah 32:18; Proverbs 1:33; Isaiah 49:10; Proverbs 18:10
- 17 Zechariah 9:17; 1 John 3:2; John 14:21; 2 Corinthians 4:18; John 17:24
- 18 1 Corinthians 1:20; Psalm 71:20; Isaiah 17:14; Psalm 31:7–8; 2 Kings 18:31
- 19 Isaiah 28:11; Deuteronomy 28:49–50; Jeremiah 5:15; 2 Kings 19:32; Exodus 14:13
- 20 Psalm 46:5; Isaiah 54:2; Isaiah 32:18; Matthew 16:18; Isaiah 37:33
- 21 Psalm 46:4–5; Isaiah 41:18; Isaiah 48:18; Isaiah 66:12; 2 Corinthians 4:4–6
- 22 James 4:12; Acts 5:31; Zephaniah 3:15–17; Psalm 89:18; Isaiah 12:2
- 23 2 Kings 7:8; 1 Corinthians 1:27; Psalm 68:12; Isaiah 33:21; Acts 27:40–41
- 24 Jeremiah 50:20; Revelation 21:4; Exodus 15:26; 1 John 1:7–9; Isaiah 58:8
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