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Isaiah 33:12

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.

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.

14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

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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.

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BSB
The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.
KJV
And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
WEB
The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.
ASV
And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
DARBY
And the peoples shall be [as] burnings of lime, [as] thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
BLB
And the people will be [like] the burnings of lime, cut thorns, they will be burned in the fire.
ÅB
Og folkeslag skal bli brent til kalk, de skal bli lik avskårne tornekvister som brennes opp med ild.
OTB
Folkene vil bli brent til kalk, som avskårne tornebusker satt i brann.
B1930
Og folkeslag skal bli brent til kalk, de skal bli lik avskårne tornekvister som opbrennes med ild.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 23:6–7

    But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:

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  • Isaiah 27:4

    Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

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  • Isaiah 37:36

    Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

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  • Amos 2:1

    Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

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  • Isaiah 10:17

    And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

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  • Isaiah 9:18

    For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

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