Isaiah 33:10-14

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.

33:13 You who are far away, listen to what I have done!

You who are close by, recognize my strength!”

33:14 Sinners are afraid in Zion;

panic ⁵  grips the godless. ⁶ 

They say, ⁷  ‘Who among us can coexist with destructive fire?

Who among us can coexist with unquenchable ⁸  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]  ³ tn Heb “will be a burning to lime.” See Amos 2:1.

[33:14]  ⁴ tn Or “trembling” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “shake with fear.”

[33:14]  ⁵ tn Or “the defiled”; TEV “The sinful people of Zion”; NLT “The sinners in Jerusalem.”

[33:14]  ⁶ tn The words “they say” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[33:14]  ⁷ tn Or “perpetual”; or “everlasting” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).