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Isaiah 33:12

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And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
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  1. 2 Samuel 23:6–7Rank 1 from verse 12
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    6¶ But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:

    7But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.

  2. Isaiah 27:4Rank 2 from verse 12
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    4Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

  3. Amos 2:1Rank 3 from verse 12
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    1THUS saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

  4. Isaiah 10:17Rank 4 from verse 12
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    17And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

  5. Isaiah 37:36Rank 5 from verse 12
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    36Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

  6. Isaiah 9:18Rank 6 from verse 12
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    18¶ For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

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Isaiah 33:12

COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

burnings

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1. Fires or continued fiery heat. 2. Acts or processes of burning. 3. Ceremonial burning of odours.

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lime

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A substance produced by burning bones or other material.

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thorns

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Sense 1: Sharp spines or prickles. Sense 2: Thorn-bearing plants and figures of things that prick, obstruct, or grieve.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cut

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Sense 1: To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument. Sense 2: Figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

burned

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Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of burn, meaning to consume, injure, heat, dry, or harden by fire or intense heat. Sense 2: To be on fire.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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fire

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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

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33:11Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.

33:12And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

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33:13¶ Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.

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