Isaiah 33:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 23:6-7 : 6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: 7 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
Isa 27:4 : 4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
Isa 37:36 : 36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Amos 2:1 : 1 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and 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 shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
Isa 10:17 : 17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

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