Isaiah 33:12
The nations shall be burnt into lime; Like thorns cut down, they shall be consumed with fire.
Noyes Bible
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, and bring forth stubble; Your own wrath is the fire which shall devour you.
13Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; Mark, ye that are near, my power!
Cross References
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 10:17The light of Israel shall be a fire, And his Holy One a flame, Which shall burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day.
Isaiah 37:36Then an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men; and when the people arose early in the morning, behold they were all dead corpses.
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 →