New English Translation
Isaiah 33:12
12The nations will be burned to ashes; like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire.
Isaiah 33:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
- New International Version (NIV)The peoples will be burned to ashes; like cut thornbushes they will be set ablaze.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the peoples will be as if burned to lime, like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the people shall be like the burnings of lime; Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire.
Context of Isaiah 33:12
10“Now I will rise up,” says the Lord. “Now I will exalt myself; now I will magnify myself. 11You conceive straw, you give birth to chaff; your breath is a fire that destroys you. The nations will be burned to ashes; like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire. 13You who are far away, listen to what I have done! You who are close by, recognize my strength!” 14Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say, ‘Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?’
Read all of Isaiah 33Isaiah 33:12 word by word
וְהָי֥וּ עַמִּ֖ים מִשְׂרְפ֣וֹת שִׂ֑יד קוֹצִ֥ים כְּסוּחִ֖ים בָּאֵ֥שׁ יִצַּֽתּוּ׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 33:12
- Amos 2:1This is what the Lord says: “Because Moab has committed three crimes – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They burned the bones of Edom’s king into lime.
- Isaiah 9:18For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.
- Isaiah 27:4I am not angry. I wish I could confront some thorns and briers! Then I would march against them for battle; I would set them all on fire,
- Isaiah 37:36The Lord’s messenger went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!
- 2 Samuel 23:6But evil people are like thorns – all of them are tossed away, for they cannot be held in the hand.
Commentaries on Isaiah 33:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12And the people - In the army of Sennacherib. As the burnings of lime - As if placed in a burning lime-kiln, where they must certainly be destroyed (see Isaiah 30:33; compare Amos 2:1). As thorns cut up - As thorns, or small brushwood, that has been long cut up and perfectly dried are speedily consumed, so shall it be with the Assyrian army. This is an image like many that are employed, denoting that the destruction of the army of the Assyrians would be…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. (Is 9:19; Am 2:1). Perhaps alluding to their being about to be burnt on the funeral pyre (Is 30:33). thorns--the wicked (2Sa 23:6, 7).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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