以赛亚书 33:12

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

眾民必像燃燒的石灰，又像被割下的荊棘，在火中焚燒。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
列 邦 必 像 已 烧 的 石 灰 ， 像 已 割 的 荆 棘 在 火 中 焚 烧 。

Contextual Overview

¹ How terrible it will be for you who destroy others but have not been destroyed yet. How terrible it will be for you, traitor, whom no one has turned against yet. When you stop destroying, others will destroy you. When you stop turning against others, they will turn against you. ² Lord , be kind to us. We have waited for your help. Give us strength every morning. Save us when we are in trouble. ³ Your powerful voice makes people run away in fear; your greatness causes the nations to run away. ⁴ Like locusts, your enemies will take away the things you stole in war. Like locusts rushing about, they will take your wealth. ⁵ The Lord is very great, and he lives in a high place. He fills Jerusalem with fairness and justice. ⁶ He will be your safety. He is full of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. Respect for the Lord is the greatest treasure. ⁷ See, brave people are crying out in the streets; those who tried to bring peace are weeping loudly. ⁸ There is no one on the roads, no one walking in the paths. People have broken the agreements they made. They refuse to believe the proof from witnesses. No one respects other people. ⁹ The land is sick and dying; Lebanon is ashamed and dying. The Plain of Sharon is dry like the desert, and the trees of Bashan and Carmel are dying. ¹⁰ The Lord says, "Now, I will stand up and show my greatness. Now, I will become important to the people.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the burnings: Amos 2:1

thorns: Isaiah 9:18, Isaiah 27:4, Isaiah 37:36, 2 Samuel 23:6, 2 Samuel 23:7

Reciprocal: Psalms 83:14 - As the fire Isaiah 30:27 - burning 2 Corinthians 7:5 - our

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 and impenitency, which brought upon them and issued in the wrath of God; but the miserable condition into which they are brought, and the torture they should be put to: perhaps this may refer to the casting of the beast and false prophet alive into the lake burning with fire and brimstone, Revelation 19:20:

[as] thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire; "thorns" are a fit simile to express the unfruitfulness, uselessness, and harmfulness of wicked men, particularly the sons of Belial, the followers of antichrist; and these "cut up", and so not green and moist, but dry, and fit fuel for the fire, which burn the more easily and quickly, makes the metaphor more agreeable. The burning of Rome seems here to be pointed at,

Revelation 17:16.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 destroyed (see Isaiah 30:33; compare Amos 2:1).

As thorns cut up - As thorns, or small brushwood, that has been long cut up and perfectly dried are speedily consumed, so shall it be with the Assyrian army. This is an image like many that are employed, denoting that the destruction of the army of the Assyrians would be sudden and entire.