Isaiah 33:12
And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down that are burned in the fire.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
In Context
11Ye shall conceive chaff. Ye shall bring forth stubble. Your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
13Hear, ye who are far off, what I have done, and ye who are near, acknowledge my might.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:6But the worthless shall be as thorns to be thrust away, all of them, because they cannot be taken with the hand.
Isaiah 9:17Therefore LORD will not rejoice over their young men, nor will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows. For everyone is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, bu
Isaiah 10:17And 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.
Isaiah 37:36And the agent of LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 33:2-13
Assyria Threatened. ( b. c. 710.) 1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. 2 O Lord , be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. 3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself… Read the whole commentary →