Isaiah 33:11

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.

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 I have done; and, ye that 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
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
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Psalms 7:14
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
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James 1:15
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
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Acts 5:4
Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
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Isaiah 10:7–14
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
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Psalms 2:1
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
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Isaiah 30:30–33
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
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Isaiah 8:9–10
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
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