New English Translation

Isaiah 33:1-5 New English Translation (NET)

1. The 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!

2. Lord, be merciful to us! We wait for you.Give us strength each morning!Deliver us when distress comes.

3. The nations run away when they hear a loud noise;the nations scatter when you spring into action!

4. Your plunder disappears as if locusts were eating it;they swarm over it like locusts!

5. The Lord is exalted,indeed, he lives in heaven;he fills Zion with justice and fairness.