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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Isaiah 33:19

17Your eyes will see the King in His beauty. They will gaze at a far-distant land. 18Your heart will meditate on terror: “Where is the counter?” “Where is the weigher?” “Where is the counter of towers?” You will no longer see the fierce people, the people of speech too obscure to comprehend, with a stammering tongue no one understands. 20Look upon Zion, city of our Festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem as a quiet home, a tent that will never be folded, Its stakes never pulled up, its cords never broken. 21For there the majestic One, Adonai, will be for us— a place of rivers and wide canals, on which no boat with oars will go, nor any mighty ship will travel by.

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 14:13But Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid! Stand still, and see the salvation of Adonai, which He will perform for you today. You have seen the Egyptians today, but you will never see them again, ever!
• Deuteronomy 28:49“Adonai will raise up a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, just as the eagle swoops down—a nation whose language you will not understand,
• 2 Kings 19:32Therefore thus says Adonai concerning the king of Assyria: “He will not come to this city, or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield, or throw up a siege-ramp against it.
• Isaiah 28:11For through stammering lips and a foreign tongue He will speak to this people,
• Jeremiah 5:15See, I am bringing a nation against you from afar, O house of Israel.” It is a declaration of Adonai. “It is an enduring nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you neither know nor understand what they say.
• Ezekiel 3:5For you are not sent to a people of unintelligible speech and difficult tongue, but to the house of Israel,
• 1 Corinthians 14:21In the Prophets it is written, “By those with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people. And not even then will they listen to me,” says Adonai.

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
• Deep
• Fearfulness
• Fire
• Gallant
• Hezekiah (2)
• Isaiah
• Sharon
• 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