Isaiah 33 p Woe to them who miserably afflict you; but none can make you miserable. Even the deceiver doth not deceive you. The deceivers shall be taken and delivered up and like a moth on a garment they shall be crushed.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ [p] Woe to them who miserably afflict you; but none can make you miserable. Even the deceiver doth not deceive you. The deceivers shall be taken and delivered up and like a moth on a garment they shall be crushed. ² [c] O Lord, have mercy upon us! for in thee we have placed our trust. The seed of the rebellious were for destruction: but thou wast our safety in the time of trouble. ³ At the terror of thy voice peoples were confounded; for fear of thee the nations were dispersed. ⁴ [p] Now your spoils are to be gathered; the spoils both of small and great. As if one were gathering: locusts, so will they insult you. ⁵ [c] Holy is the God who dwelleth on high, [p] Was Sion filled with judgment and justice? ⁶ [c] By law they were to be delivered up; in treasures is our safety. [p] Let there be there wisdom and knowledge and piety towards the Lord, [These are the treasures of righteousness;] ⁷ then behold with the dread of you they shall be terrified; they, of whom you have been afraid, will for fear of you raise a grievous cry. Messengers will be sent weeping bitterly, suing for peace. ⁸ For their highways shall be deserted, the dread of the nations is at an end and the treaty with them broken. And you will account them common men. ⁹ The land mourned; Lebanon was ashamed; Saron was become fens; Galilee and Channel were bare. ¹⁰ Now will I arise, saith the Lord, now shall I be glorified; ¹¹ now shall I be exalted; now you shall see: now you shall feel. The strength of your spirit shall be vain; a fire shall utterly devour you; ¹² and nations shall be burned up, as thorns in a field are rejected and burned. ¹³ The far distant nations shall hear what I have done, they who are near shall know my power. ¹⁴ The transgressors in Sion are fled; terror will seize the ungodly. Who will tell you that a fire is kindled? who will proclaim to you the place which is everlasting? ¹⁵ He who is walking in righteousness, speaking of a straight way; who hateth iniquity and injustice; who shaketh his hands from bribes; who stoppeth his ears that he may not hear a bloody sentence; who shutteth his eyes against the appearance of injustice: ¹⁶ he shall dwell in a lofty cavern of a strong rock: bread shall be given him and his water shall not fail. ¹⁷ [p] You shall see a king with glory; your eyes shall see a far distant land; ¹⁸ your soul will meditate on terror. Where are the scribes? Where the counsellors? Where is he who numbereth them who are fed; ¹⁹ the people small and great? Alas! they gave no counsel; nor did they understand him whose voice was so low that a despised people could not hear, and he who heareth hath not knowledge. ²⁰ [c] Behold the city Sion is our salvation. Thine eyes will look upon Jerusalem. It is a rich city composed of tents which should not be shaken; nor should the pins of her tabernacle ever be moved, nor its cords broken. ²¹ [p] Because the name of the Lord is great to you, it shall be to you a place of streams and canals broad and spacious. [c] Thou shalt not pass this way; nor shall a galley with oars cross ²² for my God is great and will not pass me by. The Lord our judge; the Lord our chief; the Lord our king; the Lord will himself save us. ²³ [p] Thy tackling broke, for they had no strength, thy mast gave way. It will not support the sails, nor rear a standard until it be delivered up for a spoil; therefore many who are lame will seize the prey: ²⁴ but let not the people who dwell among these say, "I am wearied out for their sin is forgiven them."