Isaiah 33:13
11 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.
You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
15 He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
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 who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
- KJV
- Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.
- WEB
- Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and, you who are near, acknowledge my might.”
- ASV
- Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.
- DARBY
- Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and ye that are near, acknowledge my might.
- BLB
- Hear, far away ones, what I have done, and acknowledge, near ones, My might.”
- ÅB
- Hør dere som er langt borte, hva jeg har gjort, og kjenn min styrke, dere som er nær!
- OTB
- De som er fjerne, lytt til hva jeg har gjort; og de som er nær, gjenkjenn min makt.
- B1930
- Hør I som er langt borte, hvad jeg har gjort, og kjenn min styrke, I som er nær!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 48:10
Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
Read in contextEphesians 2:11–18
Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—
Read in contextDaniel 3:27–4:3
and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.
Read in contextIsaiah 49:1
Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.
Read in contextPsalms 147:12–14
Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion!
Read in contextJoshua 9:9–10
“Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,
Read in contextActs 2:5–11
Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.
Read in contextPsalms 46:6–11
Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
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