Isaiah 33:11
9 The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
10 “Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.
12 The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.
13 You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.
- KJV
- Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
- WEB
- You will conceive chaff. You will give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.
- ASV
- Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
- DARBY
- Ye shall conceive dry grass, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath shall devour you [as] fire.
- BLB
- You⁺ conceive chaff, you⁺ give birth to stubble. Your⁺ breath [like] a fire will devour you⁺.
- ÅB
- Dere skal være svangre med strå og føde halm; deres fnysen er en ild som skal fortære dere.
- OTB
- Dere unnfanger agner, dere føder halm; min ånde vil fortære dere som ild.
- B1930
- I skal være svangre med strå og føde halm; eders fnysen er en ild som skal fortære eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 59:4
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Read in contextPsalms 7:14
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
Read in contextJames 1:15
Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
Read in contextActs 5:4
Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”
Read in contextIsaiah 10:7–14
But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
Read in contextPsalms 2:1
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
Read in contextIsaiah 30:30–33
And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:9–10
Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
Read in context