Enemies surrounded me\par like a swarm of bees.\par But, they were quickly finished\par like a fast burning bush.\par I defeated them with the Lord’s power.\par
Isaiah 33:12 - Easy To Read Version People will be burned until their bones become lime. {\cf2\super [307]} The people will burn quickly like thorns and dry bushes. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the people will be burned as if to lime, like thorns cut down that are burned in the fire. American Standard Version (1901) And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire. Common English Bible Peoples will be burned to lime, thorns cut up and set ablaze. Catholic Public Domain Version And the people will be like the ashes from a fire. They will be consumed by fire like a bundle of thorns. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the people shall be as ashes after a fire: as a bundle of thorns they shall be burnt with fire. |
Enemies surrounded me\par like a swarm of bees.\par But, they were quickly finished\par like a fast burning bush.\par I defeated them with the Lord’s power.\par
Israel’s Light (God) will be like a fire. The Holy One will be like a flame. He will be like a fire that first burns the weeds and thorns.
I am not angry.\par But if there is war and someone builds\par a wall of thorn bushes, {\cf2\super [249]} \par then I will march to it and burn it.\par
\{That night,\} the angel of the Lord went out and killed 185,000 people in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up in the morning, they saw the dead bodies all around them.
All the people are evil. So the Lord is not happy with the young men. And the Lord will not show mercy to their widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [111]} Why? Because all the people are evil. The people do things that are against God. The people speak lies. So God will continue to be angry with the people. God will continue to punish the people.
Evil is like a small fire. First, the fire burns weeds and thorns. Next, the fire burns the larger bushes in the forest. And finally, it becomes a great fire—and everything goes up in smoke.
The Lord says these things: “I will definitely punish the people of Moab {\cf2\super [30]} for the many crimes they did. {\cf2\super [31]} Why? Because Moab burned the bones of the king of Edom {\cf2\super [32]} into lime.