KJVYe shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.
Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! --fire devoureth you.
Ye shall conceive dry grass, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath shall devour you [as] fire.
Isaiah — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. Wo to thee that spoilest. If these words shall be expounded as relating to the Babylonians, the strain will flow easily enough; for, after having promised freedom to the prisoners, (Isaiah 32:15,) he now appropriately taunts the conquerors. Besides, they needed to be peculiarly confirmed, that they might give…