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12 The nations will be burned to ashes;[a]
like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire.
13 You who are far away, listen to what I have done!
You who are close by, recognize my strength.”
14 Sinners are afraid in Zion;
panic[b] grips the godless.[c]
They say,[d] “Who among us can coexist with destructive fire?
Who among us can coexist with unquenchable[e] fire?”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:12 tn Heb “will be a burning to lime.” See Amos 2:1.
  2. Isaiah 33:14 tn Or “trembling” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “shake with fear.”
  3. Isaiah 33:14 tn Or “the defiled”; TEV “The sinful people of Zion”; NLT “The sinners in Jerusalem.”
  4. Isaiah 33:14 tn The words “they say” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
  5. Isaiah 33:14 tn Or “perpetual”; or “everlasting” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).