Isaiah 33 · Verse 14

Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
Isaiah 33:14, King James Version

Isaiah 33:14 in other translations

BSBThe sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
WEBThe sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?
ASVThe sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?
YLTAfraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us--consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us--burnings of the age?
DARBYThe sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath surprised the hypocrites: Who among us shall dwell with the consuming fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting flames?
BBEThe 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?
WebsterThe sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

What does Isaiah 33:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. sinners in Zion--false professors of religion among the elect people (Mt 22:12). hypocrites--rather, "the profane"; "the abandoned" [Horsley]. who, &c.--If Jehovah's wrath could thus consume such a host in one night, who could abide it, if continued for ever (Mr 9:46-48)? Fire is a common image for the divine judgments (Is 29:6; 30:30). among us--If such awful judgments have fallen on those who knew not the true God, how infinitely worse shall fall on us who, amid religious privileges and profession, sin against God, (Lu 12:47, 48; Jas 4:17)?

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid - Zion has been generally considered as a type of the Church of God. Now all the members of God's Church should be holy, and given to good works; sinners in Zion, therefore, are portentous beings! but, alas! where are they not? The Targum on this verse is worthy of notice: "The sinners in Zion are broken down; fear hath seized the ungodly, who are suffering for their ways. They say, Who among us shall dwell in Zion, where the splendor of the Divine Majesty is like a consuming fire? Who of us shall dwell in Jerusalem, where the ungodly are judged and delivered into hell for an eternal burning?" Everdurynge brennyngis. Old MS. Bible.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 33:1-14

God's judgments against the enemies of his church. (Is. 33:1-14) The happiness of his people. (Is. 33:15-24) Verses 1-14 Here we have the proud and false destroyer justly reckoned with for all his fraud and violence. The righteous God often pays sinners in their own coin. Those who by faith humbly wait for God, shall find him gracious to them; as the day, so let the strength be. If God leaves us to ourselves any…

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Isaiah 33:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

פָּחֲד֤וּpa.cha.Duthey are in dreadH6342
בְצִיּוֹן֙ve.tzi.yOnin ZionH6726
חַטָּאִ֔יםcha.ta.'ImsinnersH2400
אָחֲזָ֥ה'a.cha.Zahit has seizedH270
רְעָדָ֖הre.'a.DahtremblingH7461
חֲנֵפִ֑יםcha.ne.Fimgodless [people]H2611
מִ֣י\׀miwho?H4310
יָג֣וּרya.Gurwill he sojournH1481
לָ֗נוּLa.nuof us
אֵ֚שׁ'esha fireH784
אוֹכֵלָ֔ה'o.khe.LahconsumingH398
מִי\־mi-who?H4310
יָג֥וּרya.Gurwill he sojournH1481
לָ֖נוּLa.nuof us
מוֹקְדֵ֥יmok.Deihearths ofH4168
עוֹלָֽם\׃o.LamperpetuityH5769

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Cross references for Isaiah 33:14

  • Hebrews 12:29

    For our God is a consuming fire.

  • Isaiah 66:24

    And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

  • Matthew 25:46

    And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

  • Deuteronomy 5:24-25

    And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, then we shall die.

  • Matthew 18:8

    Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

  • Matthew 25:41

    Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

  • Revelation 14:10

    The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

  • Isaiah 29:13

    Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

  • Nahum 1:6

    Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:8

    In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

  • Job 18:11

    Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

  • Revelation 20:10

    And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sinners.
7:2; 28:14,15,17-22; 29:13; 30:8-11; Nu 17:12,13; Job 15:21,22
Job 18:11; Ps 53:5; Pr 28:1; Re 6:15-17
the hypocrites.
9:17; 10:6; Mt 22:12; 24:51
Who among us shall dwell with the.
5:24; 29:6; 30:27-33; De 5:24,25; 32:21-24; Ps 11:6; 21:9; 50:3
Na 1:6; Heb 12:29
everlasting.
34:9; 66:24; Mt 18:8; 25:41,46; Mr 9:43-49; Lu 16:23-26; 2Th 1:8
Re 14:10; 20:10

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Context

  • Isaiah 33:13

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

  • Isaiah 33:14

    The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

  • Isaiah 33:15

    He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

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Isaiah 33:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los pecadores se asombraron en Sión, espanto sobrecogió á los hipócritas. ¿Quién de nosotros morará con el fuego consumidor? ¿quién de nosotros habitará con las llamas eternas?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Les pécheurs ont peur dans Sion; le tremblement a saisi les impies: Qui de nous séjournera dans le feu consumant? Qui de nous séjournera dans les flammes éternelles?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Die Sünder in Zion sind erschrocken, Beben hat die Ruchlosen ergriffen. "wer von uns kann weilen bei verzehrendem Feuer? Wer von uns kann weilen bei ewigen Gluten?" -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Conterriti sunt in Sion peccatores; possedit tremor hypocritas. Quis poterit habitare de vobis cum igne devorante? quis habitabit ex vobis cum ardoribus sempiternis?