11 [a]Ye shall conceive chaff, and bring forth stubble: the fire of your breath shall devour you.

12 And the people shall be as the burning of lime: and as the thorns cut up, shall they be burnt in the fire.

13 Hear, ye that are [b]far off, what I have done, and ye that are near, know my power.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:11 This is spoken against the enemies, who thought all was their own: but he showeth that their enterprise shall be in vain, and that the fire which they had kindled for others, should consume them.
  2. Isaiah 33:13 His vengeance shall be so great, that all the world shall talk thereof.

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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