Isaiah 33:10-12

33:10 “Now I will rise up,” says the Lord.

“Now I will exalt myself;

now I will magnify myself. ¹ 

33:11 You conceive straw, ² 

you give birth to chaff;

your breath is a fire that destroys you. ³ 

33:12 The nations will be burned to ashes; ⁴ 

like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire.

[33:10]  ¹ tn Or “lift myself up” (KJV); NLT “show my power and might.”

[33:11]  ² tn The second person verb and pronominal forms in this verse are plural. The hostile nations are the addressed, as the next verse makes clear.

[33:11]  ³ sn The hostile nations’ plans to destroy God’s people will come to nothing; their hostility will end up being self-destructive.

[33:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “will be a burning to lime.” See Amos 2:1.