Isaiah 33:11
Ye shall conceive chaff, and bring forth stubble; Your own wrath is the fire which shall devour you.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
In Context
10Now will I arise, saith Jehovah, Now will I exalt myself, Now will I lift myself up.
12The nations shall be burnt into lime; Like thorns cut down, they shall be consumed with fire.
Cross References
Job 15:35They conceive mischief, and bring forth misery, And their breast deviseth deceit.”
Psalms 7:14Behold, he travailed with iniquity, And conceived mischief, But hath brought forth disappointment!
Psalms 83:5With one consent they consult together, Against thee do they form a league,—
Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as fire devours stubble, And as the withered grass sinks into the flame, So their root shall become rottenness, And their blossom shall fly up like dust. For they have despised the law of Jehovah of hosts, And contemned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 9:17Therefore shall the Lord have no joy in their young men, And on their orphans and widows he shall have no compassion; For they are all profane, and evil-doers; Every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, But his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 17:13Like the roaring of mighty waters do the nations roar; He rebuketh them, and they flee away, Driven like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, Like stubble before the whirlwind.
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 →