2 Samuel 23:6; 2 Samuel 23:7; Amos 2:1; Isaiah 27:4; Isaiah 37:36; Isaiah 9:18
And the people - In the army of Sennacherib. As the burnings of lime - As if placed in a burning lime-kiln, where they must certainly be dest...
Isaiah 33. Denunciation of the Treacherous Foe. Zion's Extremity, Yahweh's Opportunity. If Isaiah's, the date is apparently 701, and the situation...
the people . peoples. burnings of lime: i.e. fuel for limekilns. thorns cut up. These are the common fuel used in limekilns in Palestine.
12. And the peoples shall be the burnings of lime. He compares them to “the burning of lime,” because their hardness shall be bruised, as fi...
And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
Now will I rise, saith the Lord— We are taught in this period, that when the calamity of the people, as well as the insolence of their enemies, sho...
And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. The people shall be (as) the burnings of...
1-12. The deliverance of Jerusalem from the Invader. 13-24. The Consequences of the Interposition of Jehovah for those that dwell in the City.
And the people shall be... — The two images of destruction are singularly vivid. The limekiln and the oven which was fed with thorns were alike in...
CHAPTER XXI OUR GOD A CONSUMING FIRE 701 B.C. Isaiah 33:1-24 WE have seen how the sense of forgiveness and the exultant confidence, which fil...
God Exalted in Judgment Isaiah 33:1-12 Here we have the final prediction against Sennacherib. He had dealt very treacherously by returning agai...
This chapter celebrates a great victory, and is prophetic of the method of the final triumph. In the first thirteen verses we have the prophet's appe...
If the Prophet be here speaking of general things, the whole will be suited to all times, in the Church. God's faithfulness is the same: the efficacy...
And the people shall be [as] the burnings of lime ,.... Like chalk stones that are burnt to make lime of; which may denote not only their hardness a...
And the people shall be [as] the burnings of lime: [as] thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. Ver. 12. And the people shall be as the bu...
Now will I rise In this extremity I will appear on the behalf of my people and land. Ye shall bring forth stubble Instead of solid corn. Your gre...
Assyria Threatened. B. C. 710. 1 Woe t...
Shall be as the burnings of lime; shall be burnt as easily and effectually as chalk is burned to make lime.
Chapter 33 The Sixth Woe Against Those Who Despoil Others and Who Are Treacherous. The sixth woe seems in context to be directed against Assyria f...
Bewailing The Treachery of the Enemy ( Isaiah 33:7-12 ). Meanwhile the Assyrian advance continued. Yahweh had promised action, but had not yet act...
GOD AVENGING HIS OWN ELECT Isaiah 33:7-12 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without, &c. I. A PICTURE OF DESOLATION. The picture has two...
Isaiah 33:1 . Woe to thee, thou spoiler, who hast not been spoiled; And thou plunderer, who hast not been plundered. When thou hast ceased t...
SECTION X. A PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA ( Isaiah 33:1-23 .). EXPOSITION Isaiah 33:1-23 THE JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA A...
The Punishment Strikes the Adversary
And the people shall be as the burnings of lime, which consumes itself as it comes in contact with water; as thorns cut up, which burn with a brigh...
The people — Shall be burnt as easily and effectually as chalk is burned to lime.
12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.