Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The nations will be burned to ashes; like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
Holman Bible
like thorns cut down and burned in a fire.
International Standard Version
And the nations will be burned as if to ashes; like cut thorn bushes, they will be set ablaze.
A Conservative Version
And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down that are burned in the fire.
American Standard Version
And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
Amplified
“The peoples will be burned to lime,
Like thorns cut down which are burned in the fire.
Bible in Basic English
And the peoples will be like the burning of chalk: as thorns cut down, which are burned in the fire.
Darby Translation
And the peoples shall be as burnings of lime, as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
Julia Smith Translation
And peoples were the burnings of lime; thorns cut down, in fire shall they be burnt
King James 2000
And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [the] peoples will be burning [to] lime-- they are burned [like] thorns [that have been] cut down in the fire.
Modern King James verseion
And the people shall be like the burnings of lime; like thorns cut up, they shall be burned in the fire.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the people shall be burnt like lime, and as thorns burn that are hewn off, and cast in the fire."
New Heart English Bible
The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.
The Emphasized Bible
So shall peoples, become, as the burnings of lime, - As thorns lopped off, with fire, shall they be burned.
Webster
And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
World English Bible
The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.
Youngs Literal Translation
And peoples have been as burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn.
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 33:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Lord Warns His Enemies
11 You conceive straw, you give birth to chaff; your breath is a fire that destroys you. 12 The nations will be burned to ashes; like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire. 13 You who are far away, listen to what I have done! You who are close by, recognize my strength!"
Phrases
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:6-7
But evil people are like thorns -- all of them are tossed away, for they cannot be held in the hand.
Isaiah 27:4
I am not angry. I wish I could confront some thorns and briers! Then I would march against them for battle; I would set them all on fire,
Isaiah 9:18
For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.
Isaiah 10:17
The light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One will become a flame; it will burn and consume the Assyrian king's briers and his thorns in one day.
Isaiah 37:36
The Lord's messenger went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!
Amos 2:1
This is what the Lord says: "Because Moab has committed three crimes -- make that four! -- I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They burned the bones of Edom's king into lime.