Isaiah 33:13–24

¹³You who are far off, hear what I have done;

you who are near, acknowledge My might.”

¹⁴The sinners in Zion are afraid;

trembling grips the ungodly:

“Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire?

Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”

¹⁵He who walks righteously

and speaks with sincerity,

who refuses gain from extortion,

whose hand never takes a bribe,

who stops his ears against murderous plots

and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—

¹⁶he will dwell on the heights;

the mountain fortress will be his refuge;

his food will be provided

and his water assured.

¹⁷Your eyes will see the King in His beauty

and behold a land that stretches afar.

¹⁸Your mind will ponder the former terror:

“Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs?

Where is he who counts the towers?”

¹⁹You will no longer see the insolent,

a people whose speech is unintelligible,

who stammer in a language you cannot understand.

²⁰Look upon Zion,

the city of our appointed feasts.

Your eyes will see Jerusalem,

a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander;

its tent pegs will not be pulled up,

nor will any of its cords be broken.

²¹But there the Majestic One, our LORD,

will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals,

where no galley with oars will row,

and no majestic vessel will pass.

²²For the LORD is our Judge,

the LORD is our lawgiver,

the LORD is our King.

It is He who will save us.

²³Your ropes are slack;

they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail.

Then an abundance of spoils will be divided,

and even the lame will carry off plunder.

²⁴And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.”

The people who dwell there

will be forgiven of iniquity.