Isaiah 33:19

Isaiah 33:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
• New International Version (NIV)You will see those arrogant people no more, people whose speech is obscure, whose language is strange and incomprehensible.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You will not see a fierce people, A people of obscure speech, beyond perception, Of a stammering tongue that you cannot understand.
• New Living Translation (NLT)You will no longer see these fierce, violent people with their strange, unknown language.

Context of Isaiah 33:19

17Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty; they will see a land that stretches afar. 18Your heart will muse on the terror: "Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed the tribute? Where is he who counted the towers?" You will see no more the insolent people, the people of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend, stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand. 20Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an untroubled habitation, an immovable tent, whose stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken. 21But there the Lord in majesty will be for us a place of broad rivers and streams, where no galley with oars can go, nor majestic ship can pass.

Isaiah 33:19 word by word

אֶת־עַ֥ם נוֹעָ֖ז לֹ֣א תִרְאֶ֑ה עַ֣ם עִמְקֵ֤י שָׂפָה֙ מִשְּׁמ֔וֹעַ נִלְעַ֥ג לָשׁ֖וֹן אֵ֥ין בִּינָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt not seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• a fierceיָעַזyâ‛az · be fierceH3267
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• of a deeperעָמֵק‛âmêq · unfathomableH6012
• speechשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lip: wordsH8193
• than thou canst perceiveשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: understandH8085
• of a stammeringלָעַגlâ‛ag · to mockH3932
• tongueלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
• not understandבִּינָהbîynâh · understandingH998

Cross-references for Isaiah 33:19

• Exodus 14:13And Moses said to the people, "Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.
• Deuteronomy 28:49The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, swooping down like the eagle, a nation whose language you do not understand,
• 2 Kings 19:32"Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it.
• Isaiah 28:11For by people of strange lips and with a foreign tongue the Lord will speak to this people,
• Jeremiah 5:15Behold, I am bringing against you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, declares the Lord. It is an enduring nation; it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, nor can you understand what they say.
• Ezekiel 3:5For you are not sent to a people of foreign speech and a hard language, but to the house of Israel—
• 1 Corinthians 14:21In the Law it is written, "By people of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord."

Commentaries on Isaiah 33:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Thou shalt not see a fierce people - Or, rather, this fierce and boasting people you shall not see.‘ They shall not enter the city; but though they are advancing with so much confidence, they shall be suddenly cut, off and destroyed. The word rendered “fierce,” (נועז nô‛âz from נעז yâ‛az ), probably means strong, or wicked. Lowth renders it, barbarous people,‘ as if it were לועז lô‛ēz Michaelis also adopts this reading by supposing an error in…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-24Verses 15-24 The true believer watches against all occasions of sin. The Divine power will keep him safe, and his faith in that power will keep him easy. He shall want nothing needful for him. Every blessing of salvation is freely bestowed on all that ask with humble, believing prayer; and the believer is safe in time and for ever. Those that walk uprightly shall not only have bread given, and their water sure, but they shall, by faith, see the King of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19The strange, unknown language was the language spoken in Assyria and later in Babylon (see Isaiah 28:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. fierce people--The Assyrians shall not be allowed to enter Jerusalem (2Ki 19:32). Or, thou shalt not any longer see fierce enemies threatening thee as previously; such as the Assyrians, Romans, and the last Antichristian host that is yet to assail Jerusalem (De 28:49, 50; Jr 5:15; Zec 14:2). stammering--barbarous; so "deeper," &c., that is, unintelligible. The Assyrian tongue differed only in dialect from the Hebrew, but in the Assyrian levies were…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 33:19

• Church
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Stammering

In the dictionaries

• Acknowledge
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• Fearfulness
• Fire
• Gallant
• Hezekiah (2)
• Isaiah
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• Stammerer

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