You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can’t comprehend, with a strange language that you can’t understand.
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You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can’t comprehend, with a strange language that you can’t understand.
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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.
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Thou shalt not see the fierce people; a people of a deep speech that thou canst not perceive, of a stammering tongue that thou canst not understand.
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Passages linked to Isaiah 33:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 28:11 But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and in another language,
- Deuteronomy 28:49-50 Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies: a nation whose language you will not understand, a nation of fierce facial expressions, that doesn’t respect the elderly, nor show favor to the young.
- Jeremiah 5:15 Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far away, house of Israel,” says Yahweh. “It is a mighty nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don’t know and don’t understand what they say.
- Exodus 14:13 Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today; for you will never again see the Egyptians whom you have seen today.
- 2 Kings 19:32 “Therefore Yahweh says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there. He will not come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
- Ezekiel 3:5-6 For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel; not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can’t understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.
- 1 Corinthians 14:21 In the law it is written, “By men of strange languages and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people. They won’t even hear me that way, says the Lord.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 33:19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people,…
Isa 33:19 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.
Ver. 19. Thou shalt not see a fierce people.] Or, Look not upon a fierce people; or, as some render it, a barbarous people, of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. Such as are most of the schoolmen. Seven years, said one, are but sufficient to understand the barbarisms of Scotus upon Lombard. But rather look upon Zion.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Thou shalt not see a fierce people: as Moses…
Thou shalt not see a fierce people: as Moses said of the Egyptians, Exo 14:13, so I say of the Assyrians, that fierce and warlike people, whom thou-hast seen, with great terror, near the walls of Jerusalem, Thou shalt see them again no more.
A people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; a foreign nation, whose language is abstruse and unknown to thee.
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Of a stammering tongue; of which see on Isa 28:11.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thou shalt not see a fierce people,.... A people…
Thou shalt not see a fierce people,.... A people of a fierce countenance, as in Dan 8:23 fierce in their looks, furious in their temper, cruel and bloodthirsty in their practices, confirmed and hardened in their sins, whose consciences are seared as with a red hot iron; a character given of the Papists, Ti1 4:2 these shall be no more seen nor feared:
a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; than the people in common could, having their worship and devotion not in their mother tongue, but in the Latin tongue:
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of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand: meaning the same as before, a barbarous language, as everyone is to those who understand it not; so the Syriac and Assyrian languages were to the Jews, Kg2 18:26 and so the Roman language to other nations; but now no more to be used in religious worship; nor shall the church of God be any more visited by Turks or Papists, and be in any dread of them more.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain A fierce - That fierce and warlike people, whom…
A fierce - That fierce and warlike people, whom thou hast seen with terror, near the walls of Jerusalem, thou shalt see no more. A people - A foreign nation, whose language is unknown to thee.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Isa 33:19. Thou shalt not see a fierce people…
Isa 33:19. Thou shalt not see a fierce people — As Moses said of the Egyptians, (Exo 14:13,) The Egyptians, whom you have seen to- day, you shall see them again no more; so I say of the Assyrians, that fierce and warlike people, whom thou hast seen, with great terror, near the walls of Jerusalem, thou shalt see them again no more; a people of a deeper speech, &c. — A foreign nation whose language is unknown to thee. Of a stammering tongue, &c. — Of which see on Isa 28:11.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Thou shalt not see a fierce people - Or,…
Thou shalt not see a fierce people - Or, rather, ‘this fierce and boasting people you shall not see.’ They shall not enter the city; but though they are advancing with so much confidence, they shall be suddenly cut, off and destroyed. The word rendered “fierce,” (נועז nô‛âz from נעז yâ‛az), probably means strong, or wicked. Lowth renders it, ‘barbarous people,’ as if it were לועז lô‛ēz. Michaelis also adopts this reading by supposing an error in transcribing, a change of the Hebrew letter נ (n) into the Hebrew letter ל (l). Such a change might have easily occurred, but there is no authority from the manuscripts for making an alteration in the text The word strong, or mighty, agrees well with the connection.
A people of a deeper speech - A people whose language is so deep, that is, so dark, or obscure, that it cannot be understood by you. This refers to the army of the Assyrians, who spoke the Syrian language, which was understood by some of the Jews, but which was unintelligible to the mass (see Isa 36:11).
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Than thou canst perceive - Than you can understand.
Of a stammering tongue - (see the note at Isa 28:11). Margin, ‘Ridiculous;’ a sense which the Hebrew will bear, but the more appropriate meaning is that of a barbarous, or unintelligible foreign language.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Shameless, unjust Assyrians, Luke xviii. 2. When shame is…
Shameless, unjust Assyrians, Luke xviii. 2. When shame is gone, people give way to every excess. --- Profound. Unknown to the Jews, 4 Kings xviii. 26. --- No wisdom, manners, or piety.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain fierce people--The Assyrians shall not be allowed to enter…
fierce people--The Assyrians shall not be allowed to enter Jerusalem (Kg2 19:32). Or, thou shalt not any longer see fierce enemies threatening thee as previously; such as the Assyrians, Romans, and the last Antichristian host that is yet to assail Jerusalem (Deu 28:49-50; Jer 5:15; Zac 14:2).
stammering--barbarous; so "deeper," &c., that is, unintelligible. The Assyrian tongue differed only in dialect from the Hebrew, but in the Assyrian levies were many of non-Semitic race and language, as the Medes, Elamites, &c. (see on Isa 28:11).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. Thou shalt not see the fierce people] Some…
19. Thou shalt not see the fierce people] Some render “people of barbarous speech”; cf. ch. Isa_28:11.
of a deeper speech, &c.] (Eze_3:5), of too deep speech to be understood.
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that thou canst not understand] Or, without sense.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (19) Thou shalt not see a fierce people .…
(19) Thou shalt not see a fierce people . . .—Better, The fierce people thou shalt not see . . . The words answer the question just asked. The whole Assyrian army, with their barbarous, unintelligible speech (Isa_28:11), shall have passed away.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Thou shalt not see a fierce people, etc.; rather,…
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, etc.; rather, thou shalt see no more that barbarous people the Assyrians a people gruff of speech that rhea caner, or hear them, stammering of tongue that thee caner not understand them. (comp. Isa_28:11) The generation which witnessed the destruction of Sennacherib"s army probably did not see the Assyrians again. It was not till about B.C. 670 that Manasseh was "taken with hooks by the captains of the King of Assyria, and carried to Babylon". (2Ch_33:11)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 33:19 The strange, unknown language was the tongue of…
33:19 The strange, unknown language was the tongue of Assyria and later of Babylon (see 28:11).
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