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Isaiah 33:1
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Woe to you who destroy, but you weren't destroyed; And who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; And when you have made an end of betrayal, you will be betrayed.
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Isaiah 33:2
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LORD, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, Our salvation also in the time of trouble.
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Isaiah 33:3
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At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled. When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered.
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Isaiah 33:4
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Your spoil will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers; Men will leap on it as locusts leap.
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Isaiah 33:5
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The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Tziyon with justice and righteousness.
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Isaiah 33:6
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There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is your treasure.
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Isaiah 33:7
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Behold, their valiant ones cry outside; the ambassadors of shalom weep bitterly.
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Isaiah 33:8
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The highways are desolate. The travelling man ceases. The covenant is broken. He has despised the cities. He doesn't regard man.
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Isaiah 33:9
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The land mourns and languishes. Levanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Karmel are stripped bare.
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Isaiah 33:10
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"Now I will arise," says the LORD; "Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted.
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Isaiah 33:11
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You will conceive chaff. You will bring forth stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.
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Isaiah 33:12
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The peoples will be like the burning of lime, Like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.
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Isaiah 33:13
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Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; And, you who are near, acknowledge my might.
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Isaiah 33:14
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The sinners in Tziyon are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?
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Isaiah 33:15
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He who walks righteously, And speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, Who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, Who stops his ears from hearing of blood, And shuts his eyes from looking at evil--
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Isaiah 33:16
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He will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.
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Isaiah 33:17
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Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will see a distant land.
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Isaiah 33:18
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Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?
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Isaiah 33:19
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You will no longer see the fierce people, A people of a deep speech that you can't comprehend, With a strange language that you can't understand.
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Isaiah 33:20
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Look at Tziyon, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Yerushalayim, a quiet habitation, A tent that won't be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, Nor will any of its cords be broken.
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Isaiah 33:21
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But there the LORD will be with us in majesty, A place of broad rivers and streams, In which no galley with oars will go, Neither will any gallant ship pass by there.
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Isaiah 33:22
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For the LORD is our judge. The LORD is our lawgiver. The LORD is our king. He will save us.
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Isaiah 33:23
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Your rigging is untied. They couldn't strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn't spread the sail. Then the prey of a great spoil was divided. The lame took the prey.
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Isaiah 33:24
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The inhabitant won't say, "I am sick." The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.
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