33:12 The nations will be burned to ashes; 1
like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire.
9:18 For 2 evil burned like a fire, 3
it consumed thorns and briers;
it burned up the thickets of the forest,
and they went up in smoke. 4
1 tn Heb “will be a burning to lime.” See Amos 2:1.
2 tn Or “Indeed” (cf. NIV “Surely”). The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
3 sn Evil was uncontrollable and destructive, and so can be compared to a forest fire.
4 tn Heb “and they swirled [with] the rising of the smoke” (cf. NRSV).