Isaiah 33:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיוּ עַמִּים מִשְׂרְפוֹת שִׂיד קוֹצִים כְּסוּחִים בָּאֵשׁ יִצַּתּוּ

Transliteration

And-hāyû ʿammîm miśrəpôt śîd qôṣîm kəsûḥîm in-the-ʾēš yiṣṣattû

Grammar Details

*hāyû*: Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they will be
*ʿammîm*: noun, masculine plural - peoples
*miśrəpôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - burnings of
*śîd*: noun, masculine singular - lime/whitewash
*qôṣîm*: noun, masculine plural - thorns
*kəsûḥîm*: Qal passive participle, masculine plural - cut down
*ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the fire
*yiṣṣattû*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be kindled

Word Meanings

*hāyû*: they will be/they shall become
*ʿammîm*: peoples/nations
*miśrəpôt*: burnings/combustions
*śîd*: lime/limestone/whitewash
*qôṣîm*: thorns/thorn bushes
*kəsûḥîm*: cut down/cut off/mown
*ʾēš*: fire/flame
*yiṣṣattû*: they will be kindled/they will be set on fire/they will be burned

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 23:6-7 : 6 But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with the hand; 7 But the man that toucheth them Must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear: And they shall be utterly burned with fire in [their] place.
Isa 27:4 : 4 Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together.
Isa 37:36 : 36 And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
Amos 2:1 : 1 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
Isa 9:18 : 18 For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
Isa 10:17 : 17 And 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.

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