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Isaiah 33:14
14The sinners in Jerusalem shake with fear. Terror seizes the godless. “Who can live with this devouring fire?” they cry. “Who can survive this all-consuming fire?”
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
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!” The sinners in Jerusalem shake with fear. Terror seizes the godless. “Who can live with this devouring fire?” they cry. “Who can survive this all-consuming fire?” 15Those who are honest and fair, who refuse to profit by fraud, who stay far away from bribes, who refuse to listen to those who plot murder, who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong— 16these are the ones who will dwell on high. The rocks of the mountains will be their fortress. Food will be supplied to them, and they will have water in abundance.
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 7:2The news had come to the royal court of Judah: “Syria is allied with Israel against us!” So the hearts of the king and his people trembled with fear, like trees shaking in a storm.
- Isaiah 28:14Therefore, listen to this message from the Lord, you scoffing rulers in Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 29:13And so the Lord says, “These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote.
- Isaiah 30:8Now go and write down these words. Write them in a book. They will stand until the end of time as a witness
- Numbers 17:12Then the people of Israel said to Moses, “Look, we are doomed! We are dead! We are ruined!
- Job 15:21The sound of terror rings in their ears, and even on good days they fear the attack of the destroyer.
- Job 18:11“Terrors surround the wicked and trouble them at every step.
- Psalms 53:5Terror will grip them, terror like they have never known before. God will scatter the bones of your enemies. You will put them to shame, for God has rejected them.
- Proverbs 28:1The wicked run away when no one is chasing them, but the godly are as bold as lions.
- Revelation 6:15Then everyone—the kings of the earth, the rulers, the generals, the wealthy, the powerful, and every slave and free person—all hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
- Isaiah 9:17That is why the Lord takes no pleasure in the young men and shows no mercy even to the widows and orphans. For they are all wicked hypocrites, and they all speak foolishness. But even then the Lord’s anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike.
- Isaiah 10:6I am sending Assyria against a godless nation, against a people with whom I am angry. Assyria will plunder them, trampling them like dirt beneath its feet.
- Matthew 22:12‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how is it that you are here without wedding clothes?’ But the man had no reply.
- Matthew 24:51and he will cut the servant to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- 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 29:6I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, will act for you with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and storm and 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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