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SEPTEMBER 21
12 And the people shall be like the
burnings of lime;
September 21 Like thorns cut up they shall be
burned in the fire.
13 Hear, you who are afar off, what I have
Isaiah 33:1–34:17
done;
33 Woe to you who plunder, though And you who are near, acknowledge
My might.”
you have not been plundered;
And you who deal treacherously, 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
though they have not dealt Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:
treacherously with you! “Who among us shall dwell with the
When you cease plundering, devouring fire?
You will be plundered; Who among us shall dwell with
When you make an end of dealing everlasting burnings?”
treacherously,
They will deal treacherously with you.
2 O LORD, be gracious to us;
We have waited for You. 33:17 King in His beauty.The prophecy moves
Be their arm every morning, beyond Hezekiah in his sackcloth,oppressed by
Our salvation also in the time of trouble. his enemy, to the Messiah in His beauty. Seeing
3 At the noise of the tumult the people Him in glory is another reward of the righteous.
shall flee; The near-future deliverance from Sennacherib
When You lift Yourself up, the nations anticipates a more distant wonder when the
shall be scattered; Messiah will sit on His throne.
4 And Your plunder shall be gathered
Like the gathering of the caterpillar;
As the running to and fro of locusts,
15 He who walks righteously and speaks
He shall run upon them.
uprightly,
5 The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on He who despises the gain of oppressions,
high; Who gestures with his hands, refusing
He has filled Zion with justice and bribes,
righteousness. Who stops his ears from hearing of
6 Wisdom and knowledge will be the bloodshed,
stability of your times, And shuts his eyes from seeing evil:
And the strength of salvation; 16 He will dwell on high;
The fear of the LORD is His treasure. His place of defense will be the fortress
7 Surely their valiant ones shall cry of rocks;
outside, Bread will be given him,
The ambassadors of peace shall weep His water will be sure.
bitterly. 17 Your eyes will see the King in His beauty;
8 The highways lie waste, They will see the land that is very far off.
The traveling man ceases. 18 Your heart will meditate on terror:
He has broken the covenant, “Where is the scribe?
He has despised the cities, Where is he who weighs?
He regards no man. Where is he who counts the towers?”
9 The earth mourns and languishes, 19 You will not see a fierce people,
Lebanon is shamed and shriveled; A people of obscure speech, beyond
Sharon is like a wilderness, perception,
And Bashan and Carmel shake off Of a stammering tongue that you
their fruits. cannot understand.
10 “Now I will rise,” says the LORD; 20 Look upon Zion, the city of our
“Now I will be exalted, appointed feasts;
Now I will lift Myself up. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet
11 You shall conceive chaff, home,
You shall bring forth stubble; A tabernacle that will not be
Your breath, as fire, shall devour you. taken down;

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