Catholic Public Domain Version
"And the people will be like the ashes from a fire. They will be consumed by fire like a bundle of thorns. "
— Isaiah 33:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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 peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and 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.”
“And the people shall be as ashes after a fire, as a bundle of thorns they shall be burnt with fire.”
“And the peoples will be like the burning of chalk: as thorns cut down, which are burned in the fire.”
“And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.”
The earth has mourned and languished. Lebanon has been confounded and desecrated. And Sharon has become like a desert. And Bashan and Carmel have been struck together.
“Now, I will rise up!” says the Lord. “Now I will be exalted! Now I will lift myself up!”
You will conceive heat. You will give birth to stubble. Your own spirit will devour you like fire.
And the people will be like the ashes from a fire. They will be consumed by fire like a bundle of thorns.
“You who are far away, listen to what I have done! And you who are near, acknowledge my strength!”
The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling has taken hold of the hypocrites. Who among you is able to live with a devouring fire? Who among you will live with an everlasting flame?
The one who walks in justice and speaks the truth, who casts out avarice with oppression and shakes all bribes from his hands, who blocks his ears so that he may not listen to blood, and closes his eyes so that he may not see evil.