Isaiah 33
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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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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.
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At the noise of the tumult the people
fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were
scattered.
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And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpillar: as the running to and
fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
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The LORD is exalted;
for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and
righteousness.
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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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Behold, their valiant ones shall cry
without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
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The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man
ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities,
he regardeth no man.
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The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like
a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their
fruits.
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Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up
myself.
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Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring
forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour
you.
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And the people shall be as the
burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in
the fire.
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Hear, ye that are far off, what
I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my
might.
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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?
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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;
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he shall dwell on high; his place of
defense shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given
him; his waters shall be sure.
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Thine eyes shall see the King in his
beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
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Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our
lawgiver, the LORD is our King; he will
save us.
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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.
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And the inhabitant shall not say, I am
sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
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