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# Isaiah 33 (New King James Version)
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A Prayer in Deep Distress
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##### Chapter 33
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###### 1 Woe to you who plunder, though you _have_ not _been_ plundered;
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And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you!
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When you cease plundering,
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You will be plundered;
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When you make an end of dealing treacherously,
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They will deal treacherously with you.
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###### 2 O Lord, be gracious to us;
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We have waited for You.
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Be their arm every morning,
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Our salvation also in the time of trouble.
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###### 3 At the noise of the tumult the people shall flee;
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When You lift Yourself up, the nations shall be scattered;
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###### 4 And Your plunder shall be gathered
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_Like_ the gathering of the caterpillar;
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As the running to and fro of locusts,
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He shall run upon them.
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###### 5 The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high;
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He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
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###### 6 Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times,
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_And_ the strength of salvation;
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The fear of the Lord _is_ His treasure.
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###### 7 Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside,
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The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
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###### 8 The highways lie waste,
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The traveling man ceases.
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He has broken the covenant,
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He has despised the cities,
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He regards no man.
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###### 9 The earth mourns _and_ languishes,
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Lebanon is shamed _and_ shriveled;
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Sharon is like a wilderness,
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And Bashan and Carmel shake off _their fruits._Impending Judgment on Zion
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###### 10 "Now I will rise," says the Lord;
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"Now I will be exalted,
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Now I will lift Myself up.
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###### 11 You shall conceive chaff,
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You shall bring forth stubble;
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Your breath, _as_ fire, shall devour you.
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###### 12 And the people shall be _like_ the burnings of lime;
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_Like_ thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire.
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###### 13 Hear, you _who are_ afar off, what I have done;
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And you _who are_ near, acknowledge My might."
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###### 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
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Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:
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"Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?
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Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?"
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###### 15 He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
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He who despises the gain of oppressions,
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Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes,
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Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed,
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And shuts his eyes from seeing evil:
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###### 16 He will dwell on high;
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His place of defense _will be_ the fortress of rocks;
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Bread will be given him,
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His water _will be_ sure.The Land of the Majestic King
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###### 17 Your eyes will see the King in His beauty;
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They will see the land that is very far off.
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###### 18 Your heart will meditate on terror:
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"Where _is_ the scribe?
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Where _is_ he who weighs?
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Where _is_ he who counts the towers?"
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###### 19 You will not see a fierce people,
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A people of obscure speech, beyond perception,
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Of a stammering tongue _that you_ cannot understand.
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###### 20 Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
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Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet home,
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A tabernacle _that_ will not be taken down;
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Not one of its stakes will ever be removed,
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Nor will any of its cords be broken.
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###### 21 But there the majestic Lord _will be_ for us
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A place of broad rivers _and_ streams,
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In which no galley with oars will sail,
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Nor majestic ships pass by
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###### 22 (For the Lord _is_ our Judge,
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The Lord _is_ our Lawgiver,
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The Lord _is_ our King;
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He will save us);
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###### 23 Your tackle is loosed,
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They could not strengthen their mast,
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They could not spread the sail.
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Then the prey of great plunder is divided;
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The lame take the prey.
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###### 24 And the inhabitant will not say, "I am sick";
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The people who dwell in it _will be_ forgiven _their_ iniquity.
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