Isaiah 33:19

Thou shalt see no more a fierce people, A people of a dark language, which thou couldst not hear, And of a barbarous tongue, which thou couldst not understand;

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In The King James Version

Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

In Context

18Thy heart shall meditate on the past terror: “Where now is the scribe? Where the weigher of tribute? Where he that numbered the towers?”

20Thou shalt see Zion, the city of our solemn feasts; Thine eyes shall behold Jerusalem, as a quiet habitation. A tent that shall never be moved, Whose stakes shall never be taken away, And whose cords shall never be broken.

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Cross References

Isaiah 28:11Yea, with stammering lips and a strange tongue He shall indeed speak to this people;

Isaiah 37:37Then Sennacherib, king of Assyria, decamped, and went away, and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

Ezekiel 3:5For not to a people of a dark speech and a hard language art thou sent, but to the house of Israel;

1 Corinthians 14:21In the Law it is written: “With men of other tongues and with other lips will I speak to this people,

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 33:14-24

The Forebodings of Hypocrites; Encouragement to God's People. ( b. c. 710.) 13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears… Read the whole commentary →

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