Isaiah 33:12

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

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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

11Your designs will be without profit, and their effect will be nothing: you will be burned up by the fire of my breath.

13Give ear, you who are far off, to what I have done: see my power, you who are near.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 23:6But the evil-doers, all of them, will be like thorns to be pushed away, because they may not be gripped in the hand:

Isaiah 9:17For this cause the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men, and no pity on their widows and the children without fathers: for they are all haters of God and evil-doers, and foolish words come from every mouth. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 10:17And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: wasting and burning up his thorns in one day.

Isaiah 37:36And the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men: and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but 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 →

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