Isaiah 47:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.

They shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them - (Isaiah 29:6; Isaiah 30:30.)

(There shall) not (be) a coal to warm at. Like stubble, they shall burn to a dead ash, without leaving a live coal or cinder (cf. Isaiah 30:14), so utterly shall they be destroyed.

Isaiah 47:14

14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselvesc from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.