Isaiah 33 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and that dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; when thou shalt make an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. Ah, you destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed, you traitor, whom none has betrayed! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betraying, they will betray you. Woe to you, destroyer, you who have not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, you who have not been betrayed! When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.
2 Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be their arm every morning, yea, our salvation in the time of trouble. O LORD, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble. LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.
3 At the noise of the tumult the peoples fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. At the tumultuous noise peoples flee; when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered, At the uproar of your army, the peoples flee; when you rise up, the nations scatter.
4 And your spoil shall be gathered [like] the gathering of the caterpillar: as the running of locusts shall they run upon it. and your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; as locusts leap, it is leapt upon. Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts; like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.
5 Jehovah is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness; The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness, The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with his justice and righteousness.
6 and he shall be the stability of thy times, the riches of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of Jehovah shall be your treasure. and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure. He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is the key to this treasure.
7 Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the messengers of peace weep bitterly. Behold, their heroes cry in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly. Look, their brave men cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8 The highways are desolate, the wayfaring man ceaseth. He hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. The highways lie waste; the traveler ceases. Covenants are broken; cities are despised; there is no regard for man. The highways are deserted, no travelers are on the roads. The treaty is broken, its witnesses are despised, no one is respected.
9 The land mourneth, it languisheth; Lebanon is ashamed, is withered; the Sharon is become as a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped. The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is confounded and withers away; Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves. The land dries up and wastes away, Lebanon is ashamed and withers; Sharon is like the Arabah, and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.
10 Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; now will I be exalted, now will I lift up myself. “Now I will arise,” says the LORD, “now I will lift myself up; now I will be exalted. “Now will I arise,” says the LORD. “Now will I be exalted; now will I be lifted up.
11 Ye shall conceive dry grass, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath shall devour you [as] fire. You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you. You conceive chaff, you give birth to straw; your breath is a fire that consumes you.
12 And the peoples shall be [as] burnings of lime, [as] thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. And the peoples will be as if burned to lime, like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.” The peoples will be burned to ashes; like cut thornbushes they will be set ablaze.”
13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and ye that are near, acknowledge my might. Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and you who are near, acknowledge my might. You who are far away, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge my power!
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath surprised the hypocrites: Who among us shall dwell with the consuming fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting flames? The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?” The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling grips the godless: “Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
15 -- He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil: He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil, Those who walk righteously and speak what is right, who reject gain from extortion and keep their hands from accepting bribes, who stop their ears against plots of murder and shut their eyes against contemplating evil—
16 he shall dwell on high, the fortresses of the rocks shall be his high retreat; bread shall be given him, his water shall be sure. he will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him; his water will be sure. they are the ones who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. Their bread will be supplied, and water will not fail them.
17 Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty; they shall behold the land that is far off. Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty; they will see a land that stretches afar. Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar.
18 Thy heart shall meditate on terror: Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers? Your heart will muse on the terror: “Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed the tribute? Where is he who counted the towers?” In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror: “Where is that chief officer? Where is the one who took the revenue? Where is the officer in charge of the towers?”
19 Thou shalt no more see the fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst comprehend, of a stammering tongue that cannot be understood. You will see no more the insolent people, the people of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend, stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand. You will see those arrogant people no more, people whose speech is obscure, whose language is strange and incomprehensible.
20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be pulled up, neither shall any of its cords be broken; Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an untroubled habitation, an immovable tent, whose stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken. Look on Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken.
21 but there Jehovah is unto us glorious, -- a place of rivers, of broad streams: no galley with oars shall go there, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. But there the LORD in majesty will be for us a place of broad rivers and streams, where no galley with oars can go, nor majestic ship can pass. There the LORD will be our Mighty One. It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars will ride them, no mighty ship will sail them.
22 For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah, our lawgiver, Jehovah, our king: he will save us. For the LORD is our judge; the LORD is our lawgiver; the LORD is our king; he will save us. For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; it is he who will save us.
23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they strengthen not the socket of their mast, they cannot spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. Your cords hang loose; they cannot hold the mast firm in its place or keep the sail spread out. Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided; even the lame will take the prey. Your rigging hangs loose: The mast is not held secure, the sail is not spread. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided and even the lame will carry off plunder.
24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven [their] iniquity. And no inhabitant will say, “I am sick”; the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity. No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill|; and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.
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