Isa 33:1-4, 49:24-25, Nah 3:1, 12 | ESV | STEP | Ah , you destroyer , who yourself have not been destroyed , you traitor , whom none has betrayed ! When you have ceased to destroy , you will be destroyed ; and when you have finished betraying , they will betray you.

Isaiah 33:1-4

O Lord, Be Gracious to Us

1 ^aAh, you destroyer,
who yourself have not been destroyed,
you traitor,
whom none has betrayed!
When you have ceased to destroy,
you will be destroyed;
and when you have finished betraying,
they will betray you.
2 O Lord, be gracious to us; ^bwe wait for you.
Be our arm every morning,
our salvation in the time of trouble.
3 ^cAt the tumultuous noise peoples flee;
when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered,
4 and your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
^das locusts leap, it is leapt upon.

Isaiah 49:24-25

24 Can the prey be taken from the mighty,
or the captives of a tyrant ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Syriac, Vulgate (see also verse 25); Masoretic Text of a righteous man} be rescued?
25 For thus says the Lord:
^f“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken,
and the prey of the tyrant be rescued,
for I will contend with those who contend with you,
and I will save your children.

Nahum 3:1

Woe to Nineveh

1 Woe to ^gthe bloody city,
all full of lies and plunder—
^hno end to the prey!

Nahum 3:12

12 All your fortresses are ⁱlike fig trees
with first-ripe figs—
if shaken they fall
into the mouth of the eater.