Isaiah 33

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Woe, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you finish destroying, you will be destroyed; when wearied with betraying, you will be betrayed.	1 Woe to you, destroying though not yourself destroyed, betraying though not yourself betrayed; whenyou have finished destroying, you wil be destroyed, when you have stopped betraying, you wil be betrayed.
2 O LORD, have pity on us, for you we wait. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of trouble!	2 Yahweh, show us your mercy, we hope in you. Be our arm every morning and our salvation in time ofdistress.
3 At the roaring sound, peoples flee; when you rise in your majesty, nations are scattered.	3 At the sound of tumult the peoples flee, when you stand up the nations scatter.
4 Men gather spoil as caterpillars are gathered up; they rush upon it like the onrush of locusts.	4 Your spoil is gathered in as a grasshopper gathers in, like a swarm of locusts people descend on it.
5 The LORD is exalted, enthroned on high; he fills Zion with right and justice.	5 Yahweh is exalted, for he is enthroned above, he has fil ed Zion with fair judgement and saving justice.
6 That which makes her seasons lasting, the riches that save her, are wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is her treasure.	6 You can count on this al your days: wisdom and knowledge are the riches that save, the fear ofYahweh is his treasure.
7 See, the men of Ariel cry out in the streets, the messengers of Shalem weep bitterly.	7 Look, Ariel is lamenting in the streets, the ambassadors of peace are weeping bitterly.
8 The highways are desolate, travelers have quit the paths, Covenants are broken, their terms are spurned; yet no man gives it a thought.	8 The highways are deserted, no travel ers any more on the roads. Agreements are broken, witnessesheld in contempt, there is respect for no one.
9 The country languishes in mourning, Lebanon withers with shame; Sharon is like the steppe, Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.	9 The land pines away in mourning, the Lebanon is withering with shame, Sharon has become like thewasteland, Bashan and Carmel are shuddering.
10 Now will I rise up, says the LORD, now will I be exalted, now be lifted up.	10 'Now I shal stand up,' says Yahweh, 'now I shal rise, now draw myself up.
11 You conceive dry grass, bring forth stubble; my spirit shall consume you like fire.	11 You conceive chaff, you give birth to straw: like fire, my breath wil devour you.
12 The peoples shall be as in a limekiln, like brushwood cut down for burning in the fire.	12 The peoples will be burnt up as though by quicklime, like cut thorns they wil be burnt on the fire.
13 Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge my might.	13 You who are far away, listen to what I have done, and you who are near, realise my strength.'
14 On Zion sinners are in dread, trembling grips the impious: "Who of us can live with the consuming fire? who of us can live with the everlasting flames?"	14 The sinners in Zion are panic-stricken and fear seizes on the godless, 'Which of us can survive thedevouring fire, which of us survive everlasting burning?'
15 He who practices virtue and speaks honestly, who spurns what is gained by oppression, Brushing his hands free of contact with a bribe, stopping his ears lest he hear of bloodshed, closing his eyes lest he look on evil--	15 The one who acts uprightly and speaks honestly, who scorns to get rich by extortion, who rejectsbribes out of hand, who refuses to listen to plans involving bloodshed and shuts his eyes rather thancountenance crime:
16 He shall dwell on the heights, his stronghold shall be the rocky fastness, his food and drink in steady supply.	16 such a man wil live on the heights, the craggy rocks wil be his refuge, he wil be fed, he wil not wantfor water.
17 Your eyes will see a king in his splendor, they will look upon a vast land.	17 Your eyes will gaze on the king in his beauty, they wil look on a country stretching far and wide.
18 Your mind will dwell on the terror: "Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?"	18 Your heart wil meditate on past terrors, 'Where is the man who did the counting? Where is the manwho did the weighing? Where is the man who counted off the towers?'
19 To the people of alien tongue you will look no more, the people of obscure speech, stammering in a language not understood.	19 No more wil you see that insolent people, that people of unintel igible speech, of barbarous andmeaningless tongue.
20 Look to Zion, the city of our festivals; let your eyes see Jerusalem as a quiet abode, a tent not to be struck, Whose pegs will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes severed.	20 Gaze at Zion, city of our feasts; your eyes wil see Jerusalem as a home that is secure, a tent not tobe moved, none of its tent-pegs ever to be pul ed out, none of its guy-ropes ever to be broken.
21 In a place of rivers and wide streams on which no boat is rowed, where no majestic ship passes,	21 There it is that Yahweh shows us his power, like a place of rivers and very wide canals on which willrow no galley, over which wil pass no majestic ship.
22 Indeed the LORD will be there with us, majestic; yes, the LORD our judge, the LORD our lawgiver, the LORD our king, he it is who will save us.	22 (For Yahweh is our judge, Yahweh our lawgiver, Yahweh is our king and our Saviour.)
23 The rigging hangs slack; it cannot hold the mast in place, nor keep the sail spread out. Then the blind will divide great spoils and the lame will carry off the loot.	23 Your tackle has given way, it cannot support the mast, it cannot hoist the pennon. And so there ismuch booty to be shared out; the lame fal to plundering,
24 No one who dwells there will say, "I am sick"; the people who live there will be forgiven their guilt.	24 and no one living there wil say, 'I am sickly'; the people living there wil find their guilt forgiven.