Isaiah 33:12

What does Isaiah 33:12 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 33:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the peoples will be like the burning of chalk: as thorns cut down, which are burned in the fire.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And peoples have been <FI>as<Fi> burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the people shall be as ashes after a fire, as a bundle of thorns they shall be burnt with fire.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the peoples shall be [as] burnings of lime, [as] thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

Context

v.11Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.

v.12This passage

v.13Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 37:36

    And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

  • Isaiah 9:18

    For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.

  • Amos 2:1

    Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.

  • Isaiah 10:17

    And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.

  • 2 Samuel 23:6

    But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with the hand;

  • Isaiah 27:4

    Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together.

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