Isaiah 33:12 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 33:12

The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.

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ASV

And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.

KJV

And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And the people - In the army of Sennacherib. As the burnings of lime - As if placed in a burning lime-kiln, where they must certainly be destroyed (see Isa 30:33; compare Amo 2:1). As thorns cut up - As thorns, or small brushwood, that has been long cut up and perfectly dried are speedily consumed, so shall it be with the Assyrian army. This is an image like many that are employed, denoting that the destruction of the army of the Assyrians would be sudden and entire.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

When the sinners in Zion saw what dreadful execution the wrath of God made they were in a great fright, being conscious to themselves that they had provoked this God by their secretly worshipping other gods; and therefore they cry out, Who among us shall dwell with this devouring fire, before which so vast an army is as thorns?

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, God's judgments upon the enemies of Zion should strike a terror upon the sinners in Zion, nay, David himself trembles at them, Ps. cxix. God himself is this devouring fire, Heb. xii. Who is able to stand before him?

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָי֥וּ	ve.ha.Yu	and they will be	H1961 →
עַמִּ֖ים	'a.Mim	peoples	H5971 →
מִשְׂרְפ֣וֹת	mis.re.Fot	burnings of	H4955 →
שִׂ֑יד	Sid	lime	H7875 →
קוֹצִ֥ים	ko.Tzim	thornbushes	H6975 →
כְּסוּחִ֖ים	ke.su.Chim	cut down	H3683 →
בָּאֵ֥שׁ	ba.'Esh	with <the> fire	H784 →
יִצַּֽתּוּ׃ ס	yi.Tza.tu	they will be kindled	H3341 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H784baeshwith <the> fire378×

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

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Through
Isaiah 37:36
Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
leads to
- 2 Kings 19:35
  And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the…
- Isaiah 10:12
  So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud…
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3
  For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
- 2 Samuel 24:16
  But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that…
- Isaiah 10:33–34
  Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.
Through
Amos 2:1
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.
leads to
- Zephaniah 2:8–9
  “I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.
Through
Isaiah 27:4
I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.
leads to
- Hebrews 6:8
  But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.
- Isaiah 10:17
  And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Isaiah

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Where the connections lead

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Related verses

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About Isaiah