Isaiah 33:12
“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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the people shall be as the burnings of lime,.... Like chalk stones that are burnt to make lime of; which may denote…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
And the people - In the army of Sennacherib. As the burnings of lime - As if placed in a burning lime-kiln, where they…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 33:1-12
Here we have,
I. The proud and false Assyrian justly reckoned with for all his fraud and violence, and laid under a woe,…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
as the burnings of lime i.e. "as if burned to lime." An image probably suggested by Amo 2:1. The word rendered cut…
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