New Living Translation
Isaiah 33:11
11You Assyrians produce nothing but dry grass and stubble. Your own breath will turn to fire and consume you.
Isaiah 33:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
- New International Version (NIV)You conceive chaff, you give birth to straw; your breath is a fire that consumes you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall conceive chaff, You shall bring forth stubble; Your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
Context of Isaiah 33:11
9The land of Israel wilts in mourning. Lebanon withers with shame. The plain of Sharon is now a wilderness. Bashan and Carmel have been plundered. 10But the Lord says: “Now I will stand up. Now I will show my power and might. You Assyrians produce nothing but dry grass and stubble. Your own breath will turn to fire and consume you. 12Your people will be burned up completely, like thornbushes cut down and tossed in a fire. 13Listen to what I have done, you nations far away! And you that are near, acknowledge my might!”
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תַּהֲר֥וּ חֲשַׁ֖שׁ תֵּ֣לְדוּ קַ֑שׁ רוּחֲכֶ֕ם אֵ֖שׁ תֹּאכַלְכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 33:11
- Isaiah 8:9“Huddle together, you nations, and be terrified. Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, but you will be crushed! Yes, prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!
- Isaiah 10:7But the king of Assyria will not understand that he is my tool; his mind does not work that way. His plan is simply to destroy, to cut down nation after nation.
- Isaiah 17:13But though they thunder like breakers on a beach, God will silence them, and they will run away. They will flee like chaff scattered by the wind, like a tumbleweed whirling before a storm.
- Isaiah 29:5“But suddenly, your ruthless enemies will be crushed like the finest of dust. Your many attackers will be driven away like chaff before the wind. Suddenly, in an instant,
- Isaiah 59:4No one cares about being fair and honest. The people’s lawsuits are based on lies. They conceive evil deeds and then give birth to sin.
- Job 15:35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil. Their womb produces deceit.”
- Psalms 2:1Why are the nations so angry? Why do they waste their time with futile plans?
- Psalms 7:14The wicked conceive evil; they are pregnant with trouble and give birth to lies.
- Psalms 83:5Yes, this was their unanimous decision. They signed a treaty as allies against you—
- Acts 5:4The property was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was also yours to give away. How could you do a thing like this? You weren’t lying to us but to God!”
- James 1:15These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.
- Isaiah 5:24Therefore, just as fire licks up stubble and dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will rot and their flowers wither. For they have rejected the law of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies; they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 30:30And the Lord will make his majestic voice heard. He will display the strength of his mighty arm. It will descend with devouring flames, with cloudbursts, thunderstorms, and huge hailstones.
- Isaiah 31:8“The Assyrians will be destroyed, but not by the swords of men. The sword of God will strike them, and they will panic and flee. The strong young Assyrians will be taken away as captives.
- Isaiah 37:23“Whom have you been defying and ridiculing? Against whom did you raise your voice? At whom did you look with such haughty eyes? It was the Holy One of Israel!
- Nahum 1:5In his presence the mountains quake, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles, and its people are destroyed.
Commentaries on Isaiah 33:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Your breath "And my spirit" - "For רוחכם ruchechem, your spirit, read כמו רוחי ruchi kemo . "Secker. Which reading is confirmed by the Chaldee, where מימרי meymri, "my word, "answers to רוחי ruchi, "my spirit."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Ye shall conceive chaff - An address of God to the Assyrians. The figure is one that denotes that their counsels would be in vain. Chaff and stubble are used in the Scriptures, in contrast with grain, to denote anything which is not solid, nutritious, or substantial; then anything which is frivolous, useless, vain. A similar image occurs in Isaiah 26:18 (see the note on that place; compare Isaiah 59:4). Your breath as fire shall devour you - The word…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11In most passages, the Assyrians reduced other nations to worthless dry grass and stubble (see Isaiah 17:13; 29:5; 40:24; 41:2). Here, ironically, they experience the same fate.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Ye--the enemy. conceive chaff--(Is 26:18; 59:4). your breath--rather, your own spirit of anger and ambition [Maurer], (Is 30:28).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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