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11 You people have done useless things. These things are like hay and straw. They are worth nothing! Your breath will be like a fire and burn you. 12 People will be burned until their bones become lime.[a] They will burn quickly like thorns and dry bushes.

13 “You people in faraway lands, listen to what I have done. You people who are near me, learn about my power.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:12 lime A white powder that is often used to make mortar or cement. It can be made by burning bones, shells, or limestone.

11 You conceive(A) chaff,
    you give birth(B) to straw;
    your breath is a fire(C) that consumes you.
12 The peoples will be burned to ashes;(D)
    like cut thornbushes(E) they will be set ablaze.(F)

13 You who are far away,(G) hear(H) what I have done;
    you who are near, acknowledge my power!

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