Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 33:14
14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling seizes the ungodly: “Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?”
Isaiah 33:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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?
- New International Version (NIV)The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling grips the godless: “Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
- English Standard Version (ESV)The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: "Who among us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?"
- New King James Version (NKJV)The sinners in Zion are afraid; Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites: “Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”
Context of Isaiah 33:14
12The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and burned in a fire. 13You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, know my strength.” The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling seizes the ungodly: “Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?” 15The one who lives righteously and speaks rightly, who refuses profit from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots and shuts his eyes against evil schemes — 16he will dwell on the heights; his refuge will be the rocky fortresses, his food provided, his water assured.
Read all of Isaiah 33Isaiah 33:14 word by word
פָּחֲד֤וּ בְצִיּוֹן֙ חַטָּאִ֔ים אָחֲזָ֥ה רְעָדָ֖ה חֲנֵפִ֑ים מִ֣י׀ יָג֣וּר לָ֗נוּ אֵ֚שׁ אוֹכֵלָ֔ה מִי־יָג֥וּר לָ֖נוּ מוֹקְדֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The sinnersחַטָּאchaţţâ' · sinnerH2400
- in Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
- are afraidפָּחַדpâchad · to dreadH6342
- fearfulnessרְעַדָהra‛ad re‛âdâh · tremblingH7461
- hath surprisedאָחַז'âchaz · to graspH270
- the hypocritesחָנֵףchânêph · profaneH2611
- Who among us shall dwellגּוּרgûr · to sojournH1481
- with the devouringאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
- with everlastingעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
- burningsמוֹקֵדmôqêd · burningH4168
Cross-references for Isaiah 33:14
- Isaiah 7:2When it became known to the house of David that Aram had occupied Ephraim, the heart of Ahaz and the hearts of his people trembled like trees of a forest shaking in the wind.
- Isaiah 28:14Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 29:13The Lord said: These people approach me with their speeches to honor me with lip-service, yet their hearts are far from me, and human rules direct their worship of me.
- Isaiah 30:8Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the future, forever and ever.
- Numbers 17:12Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we’re perishing! We’re lost; we’re all lost!
- Job 15:21Dreadful sounds fill his ears; when he is at peace, a robber attacks him.
- Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass him at every step.
- Psalms 53:5Then they will be filled with dread — dread like no other — because God will scatter the bones of those who besiege you. You will put them to shame, for God has rejected them.
- Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
- Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
- Isaiah 9:17Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over Israel’s young men and has no compassion on its fatherless and widows, for everyone is a godless evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.
- Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a godless nation; I will command him to go against a people destined for my rage, to take spoils, to plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
- Matthew 22:12So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man was speechless.
- Matthew 24:51He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes straw and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will become like something rotten and their blossoms will blow away like dust, for they have rejected the instruction of the Lord of Armies, and they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 29:6you will be punished by the Lord of Armies with thunder, earthquake, and loud noise, storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire.
Commentaries on Isaiah 33:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14The sinners in Zion are afraid - Zion has been generally considered as a type of the Church of God. Now all the members of God's Church should be holy, and given to good works; sinners in Zion, therefore, are portentous beings! but, alas! where are they not? The Targum on this verse is worthy of notice: "The sinners in Zion are broken down; fear hath seized the ungodly, who are suffering for their ways. They say, Who among us shall dwell in Zion, where…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The sinners in Zion are afraid - This verse is evidently designed to describe the alarm that was produced in Jerusalem on impenitent sinners and hypocrites by a view of the judgment of God on the army of Sennacherib. They would see his wrath on his enemies then, and in view of the terrors of his indignation in relation to that army they would be alarmed, and would ask how it would be possible for them to endure such wrath forever. If the effect of the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14The godless were people who lived without considering God and his laws. The image of a consuming fire comes from God’s judgment of wrongdoers during the wilderness journey (Exodus 24:17; Deuteronomy 4:24). God still expects people to worship him with respect and awe (Hebrews 12:29).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. sinners in Zion--false professors of religion among the elect people (Mt 22:12). hypocrites--rather, "the profane"; "the abandoned" [Horsley]. who, &c.--If Jehovah's wrath could thus consume such a host in one night, who could abide it, if continued for ever (Mr 9:46-48)? Fire is a common image for the divine judgments (Is 29:6; 30:30). among us--If such awful judgments have fallen on those who knew not the true God, how infinitely worse shall fall on…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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