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14 The sinners in Zion trembled; trembling seized the profane. Who to us shall sojourn with devouring fire? who to us with everlasting burning? 15 He going in justice and speaking uprightness, rejecting in the plunder of oppression; shaking his hands from holding upon a gift, shutting his ear from the hearing of bloods, and binding up his eyes from looking upon evil; 16 He shall dwell upon heights: the strongholds of rocks his height: his bread was given; his waters sure. 17 Thine eyes shall perceive the king in his beauty: they shall see the land from far off. 18 Thy heart shall meditate terror. Where the scribe? where the weigher? where he writing the towers? 19 Thou shalt not see a firm people, a people of a deep lip above hearing; of a stammering tongue, of no understanding. 20 Behold Zion the city of our appointment: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet dwelling, the tent shall not remove; its pegs shall not be pulled up forever, and none of its cords shall be broken. 21 But there the mighty Jehovah to us a place of rivers, rivers broad of hands; a ship with the oar shall not go in it, and a mighty ship shall not pass over it. 22 For Jehovah is our Judge, Jehovah our law-giver, Jehovah our king; he will save us. 23 Thy cords were broken in pieces; they will not well strengthen their mast; they spread not the flag: then was the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame plundered the plunder. 24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I was sick: to the people dwelling in it, iniquity was lifted up. Isaiah 33:14-24, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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