Isaiah 33

hoy shoded ve'attah lo shadud uvoged velo-vagedu vo kahatimkha shoded tushad kannelotekha livgod yivgedu-vakh

Ha, you ravager who are not ravaged, You betrayer who have not been betrayed! When you have done ravaging, you shall be ravaged; When you have finished betraying, you shall be betrayed.

Adonai khonnenu lekha qivvinu heyeh zero'am labbeqarim af-yeshu'atenu be'et tsarah

O ETERNAL One, be gracious to us! It is to You we have looked; Be their arm every morning, Also our deliverance in time of stress.

miqqol hamon nadedu ammim meromemutekha nafetsu goyim

At [Your] roaring, peoples have fled, Before Your majesty nations have scattered;

ve'ussaf shelalkhem osef hekhasil kemashaq gevim shoqeq bo

And spoil was gathered as locusts are gathered, It was amassed as grasshoppers are amassed.

nisgav Adonai ki shokhen marom mille tsiyyon mishpat utsedaqah

GOD is exalted, Dwelling on high— [Of old] filling Zion With justice and righteousness.

vehayah emunat ittekha khosen yeshu'ot khokhmat vada'at yirat Adonai hi otsaro

Faithfulness to Your charge was [her] wealth, Wisdom and devotion [her] triumph, Reverence for GOD—that was her treasure.

hen erellam tsa'aqu khutsah malakhe shalom mar yivkayun

Hark! The Arielites cry aloud; Shalom’s messengers weep bitterly.

nashammu mesillot shavat over orakh hefer berit ma'as arim lo khashav enosh

Highways are desolate, Wayfarers have ceased. A covenant has been renounced, Cities rejected Mortals despised.

aval umlelah arets hekhpir levanon qamal hayah hasharon ka'aravah veno'er bashan vekharmel

The land is wilted and withered; Lebanon disgraced and moldering, Sharon is become like a desert, And Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.

attah aqum yomar Adonai attah eromam attah ennase

“Now I will arise,” says GOD, “Now I will exalt Myself, now raise Myself high.

taharu khashash teledu qash rukhakhem esh tokhalkhem

You shall conceive hay, Give birth to straw; My breath will devour you like fire.

vehayu ammim misrefot sid qotsim kesukhim ba'esh yitsattu

Peoples shall be burnings of lime, Thorns cut down that are set on fire.

shimu rekhoqim asher asiti ude'u qerovim gevurati

Hear, you who are far, what I have done; You who are near, note My might.”

pakhadu vetsiyyon khatta'im akhazah re'adah khanefim mi yagur lanu esh okhelah mi-yagur lanu moqede olam

Sinners in Zion are frightened, The godless are seized with trembling: “Who of us can dwell with the devouring fire: Who of us can dwell with the never-dying blaze?”

holekh tsedaqot vedover mesharim mo'es bevetsa ma'ashaqqot no'er kappayw mittemokh bashokhad otem ozno mishemoa damim ve'otsem enayw mere'ot bera

Whoever walks in righteousness, Speaks uprightly, Spurns profit from fraudulent dealings, Waves away a bribe instead of grasping it, Stops their ears against listening to infamy, Shuts their eyes against looking at evil—

hu meromim yishkon metsadot sela'im misgabbo lakhmo nittan memayw ne'emanim

Such a one shall dwell in lofty security, With inaccessible cliffs for a stronghold, With food supplied And drink assured.

melekh beyofyo tekhezenah enekha tirenah erets markhaqqim

When your eyes behold a king in his beauty, When they contemplate the land round about,

libbekha yehgeh emah ayyeh sofer ayyeh shoqel ayyeh sofer et-hammigdalim

Your throat shall murmur in awe, “Where is one who could count? Where is one who could weigh? Where is one who could count [all these] towers?”

et-am no'az lo tireh am imqe safah mishemoa nilag lashon en binah

No more shall you see the barbarian folk, The people of speech too obscure to comprehend, So stammering of tongue that they are not understood.

khazeh tsiyyon qiryat mo'adenu enekha tirenah yerushalai͏m naveh sha'anan ohel bal-yitsan bal-yissa yetedotayw lanetsakh vekhol-khavalayw bal-yinnatequ

When you gaze upon Zion, our city of assembly, Your eyes shall behold Jerusalem As a secure homestead, A tent not to be transported, Whose pegs shall never be pulled up, And none of whose ropes shall break.

ki im-sham addir Adonai lanu meqom-neharim ye'orim rakhave yadayim bal-telekh bo oni-shayit vetsi addir lo ya'avrennu

For there GOD in divine greatness shall be for us Like a region of rivers, of broad streams, Where no floating vessels can sail And no mighty craft can travel— Their ropes are slack, They cannot steady the sockets of their masts, They cannot spread a sail.

ki Adonai shofetenu Adonai mekhoqeqenu Adonai malkenu hu yoshi'enu

For GOD shall be our ruler, GOD shall be our monarch, GOD shall be our sovereign And shall deliver us.

nitteshu khavalayikh bal-yekhazzequ khen-tornam bal-paresu nes az khullaq ad-shalal marbeh piskhim bazezu vaz

Then shall indeed much spoil be divided, Even the lame shall seize booty.

uval-yomar shakhen khaliti ha'am hayyoshev bah nesu avon

And no one who lives there shall say, “I am sick”; It shall be inhabited by folk whose sin has been forgiven.