The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.
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The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.
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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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And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime; as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
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Passages linked to Isaiah 33:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Samuel 23:6-7 But all the ungodly will be as thorns to be thrust away, because they can’t be taken with the hand, But the man who touches them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear. They will be utterly burned with fire in their place.”
- Isaiah 27:4 Wrath is not in me, but if I should find briers and thorns, I would do battle! I would march on them and I would burn them together.
- Isaiah 9:18 For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
- Isaiah 10:17 The light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.
- Isaiah 37:36 Then Yahweh’s angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
- Amos 2:1 Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 33:12 And the people shall be [as] the…
Isa 33:12 And the people shall be [as] the burnings of lime: [as] thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
Ver. 12. And the people shall be as the burning of lime.] As hard chalk stones, which, when burnt to make lime crumble to crattle.
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As thorns cut up.] Sear thorns, that crackle under a pot, and are soon extinct. The Hebrews tell us that the Assyrian soldiers were burned by the angel with a secret fire - that is, with the pestilence, as Berosus, cited by Josephus, {a} witnesseth; and our prophet hinteth as much in many passages.
{a} Lib. x. cap. 2.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Shall be as the burnings of lime; shall be…
Shall be as the burnings of lime; shall be burnt as easily and effectually as chalk is burned to make lime.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the people shall be as the burnings of…
And the people shall be as the burnings of lime,.... Like chalk stones that are burnt to make lime of; which may denote not only their hardness and impenitency, which brought upon them and issued in the wrath of God; but the miserable condition into which they are brought, and the torture they should be put to: perhaps this may refer to the casting of the beast and false prophet alive into the lake burning with fire and brimstone, Rev 19:20,
as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire; "thorns" are a fit simile to express the unfruitfulness, uselessness, and harmfulness of wicked men, particularly the sons of Belial, the followers of antichrist; and these "cut up", and so not green and moist, but dry, and fit fuel for the fire, which burn the more easily and quickly, makes the metaphor more agreeable. The burning of Rome seems here to be pointed at, Rev 17:16.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The people - Shall be burnt as easily and…
The people - Shall be burnt as easily and effectually as chalk is burned to lime.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And the people - In the army of Sennacherib.
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).
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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.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain (Isa 9:19; Amo 2:1). Perhaps alluding to their being…
(Isa 9:19; Amo 2:1). Perhaps alluding to their being about to be burnt on the funeral pyre (Isa 30:33).
thorns--the wicked (Sa2 23:6-7).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. as the burnings of lime] i.e. “as if…
12. as the burnings of lime] i.e. “as if burned to lime.” An image probably suggested by Amo_2:1. The word rendered cut up (R.V. cut down) only occurs again in Psa_80:16.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) And the people shall be . . .—The…
(12) And the people shall be . . .—The two images of destruction are singularly vivid. The limekiln and the oven which was fed with thorns were alike in this. The outcome of their work was seen in a residuum of ashes.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The people; rather, the peoples, as in ver. 3;…
The people; rather, the peoples, as in ver. 3; i.e. the nations composing the Assyrian army. As the burnings of lime; as thorns. Things that fire consumes utterly and quickly.
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