| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered; And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you! When you cease plundering, You will be plundered; When you make an end of dealing treacherously, They will deal treacherously with you. | 1The destroyer is as good as dead, you who have not been destroyed! The deceitful one is as good as dead, the one whom others have not deceived! When you are through destroying, you will be destroyed; when you finish deceiving, others will deceive you! |
| 2O LORD, be gracious to us; We have waited for You. Be their arm every morning, Our salvation also in the time of trouble. | 2LORD, be merciful to us! We wait for you. Give us strength each morning! Deliver us when distress comes. |
| 3At the noise of the tumult the people shall flee; When You lift Yourself up, the nations shall be scattered; | 3The nations run away when they hear a loud noise; the nations scatter when you spring into action! |
| 4And Your plunder shall be gathered Like the gathering of the caterpillar; As the running to and fro of locusts, He shall run upon them. | 4Your plunder disappears as if locusts were eating it; they swarm over it like locusts! |
| 5The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. | 5The LORD is exalted, indeed, he lives in heaven; he fills Zion with justice and fairness. |
| 6Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, And the strength of salvation; The fear of the LORD is His treasure. | 6He is your constant source of stability; he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; he gives all this to those who fear him. |
| 7Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside, The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. | 7Look, ambassadors cry out in the streets; messengers sent to make peace weep bitterly. |
| 8The highways lie waste, The traveling man ceases. He has broken the covenant, He has despised the cities, He regards no man. | 8Highways are empty, there are no travelers. Treaties are broken, witnesses are despised, human life is treated with disrespect. |
| 9The earth mourns and languishes, Lebanon is shamed and shriveled; Sharon is like a wilderness, And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. | 9The land dries up and withers away; the forest of Lebanon shrivels up and decays. Sharon is like the desert; Bashan and Carmel are parched. |
| 10“Now I will rise,” says the LORD; “Now I will be exalted, Now I will lift Myself up. | 10"Now I will rise up," says the LORD. "Now I will exalt myself; now I will magnify myself. |
| 11You shall conceive chaff, You shall bring forth stubble; Your breath, as fire, shall devour you. | 11You conceive straw, you give birth to chaff; your breath is a fire that destroys you. |
| 12And the people shall be like the burnings of lime; Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire. | 12The nations will be burned to ashes; like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire. |
| 13Hear, you who are afar off, what I have done; And you who are near, acknowledge My might.” | 13You who are far away, listen to what I have done! You who are close by, recognize my strength!" |
| 14The sinners in Zion are afraid; Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites: “Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?” | 14Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say, 'Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?' |
| 15He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, He who despises the gain of oppressions, Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, And shuts his eyes from seeing evil: | 15The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others-- |
| 16He will dwell on high; His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; Bread will be given him, His water will be sure. | 16This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water. |
| 17Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; They will see the land that is very far off. | 17You will see a king in his splendor; you will see a wide land. |
| 18Your heart will meditate on terror: “Where is the scribe? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?” | 18Your mind will recall the terror you experienced, and you will ask yourselves, "Where is the scribe? Where is the one who weighs the money? Where is the one who counts the towers?" |
| 19You will not see a fierce people, A people of obscure speech, beyond perception, Of a stammering tongue that you cannot understand. | 19You will no longer see a defiant people whose language you do not comprehend, whose derisive speech you do not understand. |
| 20Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts; Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet home, A tabernacle that will not be taken down; Not one of its stakes will ever be removed, Nor will any of its cords be broken. | 20Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals! You will see Jerusalem, a peaceful settlement, a tent that stays put; its stakes will never be pulled up; none of its ropes will snap in two. |
| 21But there the majestic LORD will be for us A place of broad rivers and streams, In which no galley with oars will sail, Nor majestic ships pass by | 21Instead the LORD will rule there as our mighty king. Rivers and wide streams will flow through it; no war galley will enter; no large ships will sail through. |
| 22(For the LORD is our Judge, The LORD is our Lawgiver, The LORD is our King; He will save us); | 22For the LORD, our ruler, the LORD, our commander, the LORD, our king--he will deliver us. |
| 23Your tackle is loosed, They could not strengthen their mast, They could not spread the sail. Then the prey of great plunder is divided; The lame take the prey. | 23Though at this time your ropes are slack, the mast is not secured, and the sail is not unfurled, at that time you will divide up a great quantity of loot; even the lame will drag off plunder. |
| 24And the inhabitant will not say, “I am sick”; The people who dwell in it will be forgiven their iniquity. | 24No resident of Zion will say, "I am ill"; the people who live there will have their sin forgiven. |
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