1. Pre-Exile: The Judgment & Blessing Cycles (1:1 - 39:8) - 740-709 B.C., Israel
(These 2 groups of prophecies concentrate first on Judah & Jerusalem then on the Nations.)

C. Cycles of Prophecy for Judah and Jerusalem (24:1 - 35:10)

6. Cycle 6 - (33:1 - 35:10)

a. Judgment: On Destroyers and Traitors (33:1-4)

¹ Woe to thee that spoilest,
and thou wast not spoiled;
and dealest treacherously,
and they dealt not treacherously with thee!
when thou shalt cease to spoil,
thou shalt be spoiled;
and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously,
they shall deal treacherously with thee.
² O LORD,
be gracious unto us;
we have waited for thee:
be thou their arm every morning,
our salvation also in the time of trouble.
³ At the noise of the tumult
the people fled;
at the lifting up of thyself
the nations were scattered.
⁴ And your spoil shall be gathered
like the gathering of the caterpiller:
as the running to and fro of locusts
shall he run upon them.

b. Blessing: On Those Who Fear the LORD (33:5-6)

⁵ The LORD is exalted;
for he dwelleth on high:
he hath filled Zion
with judgment and righteousness.
⁶ And wisdom and knowledge
shall be the stability of thy times,
and strength of salvation:
the fear of the LORD is his treasure

c. Judgment: On Covenant Breakers (33:7-16)

⁷ Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without:
the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
⁸ The highways lie waste,
the wayfaring man [one crossing over a path] ceaseth:
he hath broken the covenant,
he hath despised the cities,
he regardeth no man.
⁹ The earth mourneth and languisheth:
Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down:
Sharon is like a wilderness;
and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

¹⁰ Now will I rise,
saith the LORD;
now will I be exalted;
now will I lift up myself.
¹¹ Ye shall conceive chaff,
ye shall bring forth stubble:
your breath,
as fire,
shall devour you.
¹² And the people shall be as the burnings of lime:
as thorns cut up
shall they be burned in the fire.
¹³ Hear,
ye that are far off,
what done;
and, ye that are near,
acknowledge my might.
¹⁴ The sinners in Zion are afraid;
fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites.
Who among us shall dwell with the devouringfire?
who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
¹⁵ He that walketh righteously,
and speaketh uprightly;
he that despiseth the gain of oppressions,
that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes,
that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood,
and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
¹⁶ He shall dwell on high:
his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks:
bread shall be given him;
his waters shall be sure.

b. Blessing: On Those Who Return to Zion (33:17-24)

¹⁷ Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty:
they shall behold the land that is very far off.
¹⁸ Thine heart shall meditate terror.
Where is the scribe?
where is the receiver?
where is he that counted [this] the towers?
¹⁹ Thou shalt not see [this] a fierce people,
a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive;
of a stammering tongue,
that thou canst not understand.
²⁰ Look upon Zion,
the city of our solemnities:
thine eyes shall see Jerusalem
a quiet habitation,
a tabernacle that shall not be taken down;
not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed,
neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
²¹ But [But rather] there the glorious LORD will be unto us
a place of broad rivers and streams;
wherein shall go no galley with oars,
neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
²² For the LORD is our judge,
the LORD is our lawgiver,
the LORD is our king;
he will save us.

²³ Thy tacklings loosed;
they could not well strengthen their mast,
they could not spread the sail:
then is the prey of a great spoil divided;
the lame take the prey.
²⁴ And the inhabitant shall not say,
I am sick:
the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.