Bible in Basic English
"And the peoples will be like the burning of chalk: as thorns cut down, which are burned in the fire."
— Isaiah 33:12, Bible in Basic English
“And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.”
“And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire. ”
“The nations will be burned to ashes; like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire.”
The earth is sorrowing and wasting away; Lebanon is put to shame and has become waste; Sharon is like the Arabah; and in Bashan and Carmel the leaves are falling.
Now will I come forward, says the Lord; now will I be lifted up; now will my power be seen.
Your designs will be without profit, and their effect will be nothing: you will be burned up by the fire of my breath.
And the peoples will be like the burning of chalk: as thorns cut down, which are burned in the fire.
Give ear, you who are far off, to what I have done: see my power, you who are near.
The sinners in Zion are full of fear; the haters of God are shaking with wonder. Who among us may keep his place before the burning fire? who among us may see the eternal burnings?
He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;