Isaiah 33:19

Those arrogant people who spoke a language that we could not understand are no longer here!”

Translation for Translators

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

18When you see that, you will think about when you were previously terrified, and you will say, “ The officers of Assyria who counted the tax money that we were forced to pay to them have disappeared [RHQ]! Those men who counted our towers are gone [RHQ]!

20At that time, you will see Zion Hill, the place where we celebrate our festivals; you will see that Jerusalem has become a place that is calm and safe. It will be secure, like [SIM] a tent that cannot be moved because its ropes are tight and its stakes are firmly in the ground.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:49“Yahweh will cause an army from very far away [HYP] to attack you, whose soldiers speak a language that you do not know/understand. They will swoop down on you quickly like an eagle [SIM] attacks its prey.

Isaiah 28:11So now, Yahweh will need to force them to listen to Assyrians speaking to them in a language that they do not understand.

Isaiah 37:37Then King Sennacherib left and returned home to Nineveh in Assyria, and stayed there.

Ezekiel 3:5The people to whom I am sending you are not people whose language is very difficult to learn, a language which you do not understand. I am sending you to your Israeli people [MTY].

1 Corinthians 14:21When the Jews long ago refused to obey God, he warned them about what would happen when he allowed their enemies to punish them. In the Scriptures it is written { the prophet Isaiah wrote} what the Lord God said about that, They didn’t listen to prophets speaking their own language, so I will send people from foreign lands to attack my people. Those foreigners will speak languages that my people do not know [DOU]. In that way, I will warn my people, but they will still not pay attention to what I say.

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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