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Isaiah 33

24 aligned verses; 24 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed ! When you have finished destroying , you will be destroyed . When you have finished betraying , you will be betrayed .
Woe to you who destroy , and you weren't destroyed ; and deal treacherously , and they didn't deal treacherously with you ! When you have ceased to destroy , you shall be destroyed ; and when you have made an end of dealing treacherously , they shall deal treacherously with you.
O LORD , be gracious to us ! We wait for You . Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
Yahweh , be gracious to us ; we have waited for you : be our arm every morning , our salvation also in the time of trouble.
The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice ; the nations scatter when You rise .
At the noise of the thunder the peoples are fled ; at the lifting up of yourself the nations are scattered .
Your spoil , O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
Your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathers: as locusts leap shall men leap on it.
The LORD is exalted , for He dwells on high ; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
Yahweh is exalted ; for he dwells on high : he has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge . The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.
There shall be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge : the fear of Yahweh is your treasure.
Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets ; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
Behold, their valiant ones cry outside ; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken , the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded .
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases: [the enemy] has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities , he doesn't regard man .
The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is confounded and withers away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [ their leaves ] .
Now I will arise, says the LORD. Now I will lift Myself up . Now I will be exalted.
Now will I arise, says Yahweh; now will I lift up myself; now will I be exalted.
You conceive chaff ; you give birth to stubble . Your breath is a fire that will consume you.
You shall conceive chaff , you shall bring forth stubble : your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
The peoples will be burned to ashes , like thorns cut down and set ablaze .
The peoples shall be as the burning of lime , as thorns cut down , that are burned in the fire .
You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.
Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and, you who are near, acknowledge my might.
The 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 ?
The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless ones : Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burning ?
He 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
He who walks righteously , and speaks blamelessly; he who despises the gain of oppressions , who shakes his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking on evil :
he will dwell on the heights ; the mountain fortress will be his refuge ; his food will be provided and his water assured .
He shall dwell on high ; his place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks ; his bread shall be given [him]; his waters shall be sure .
Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.
Your eyes shall see the king in his beauty : they shall see a land that reaches afar.
Your mind will ponder the former terror: Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs ? Where is he who counts the towers?
Your heart shall muse on the terror: Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed [the tribute] ? where is he who counted the towers?
You will no longer see the insolent , a people whose speech is unintelligible , who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
You shall not see the fierce people , a people of a deep speech that you can not comprehend , of a strange language that you can not understand.
Look 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.
Look on Zion, the city of our solemnities: your eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation , a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes of it shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords of it be broken.
But 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.
But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams , in which shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby .
For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King . It is He who will save us.
For Yahweh is our judge, Yahweh is our lawgiver, Yahweh is our king ; he will save us.
Your 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 .
Your rigging is untied ; they could not strengthen the foot of their mast , they could not spread the sail : then was the prey of a great spoil divided ; the lame took the prey .
And no resident of Zion will say, I am sick .” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
The inhabitant shall not say, I am sick : the people who dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

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