Isaiah 33:11 “You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire t…”

Isaiah 33:11

You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

You will conceive chaff. You will give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.

American Standard Version

Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.

Geneva Bible 1599

Ye shall conceiue chaffe, and bring forth stubble: the fire of your breath shall deuoure you.

Darby Translation

Ye shall conceive dry grass, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath shall devour you [as] fire.

Young's Literal Translation

Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! — fire devoureth you.

Bible in Basic English

Your designs will be without profit, and their effect will be nothing: you will be burned up by the fire of my breath.

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Cross references

“conceive”

Isaiah 59:4 Psalm 7:14 James 1:15 Acts 5:4 Isaiah 10:7–14 Isaiah 17:13

Isaiah 59:4 · BSB

No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

Psalm 7:14 · BSB

Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

James 1:15 · BSB

Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

Acts 5:4 · BSB

Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”

Isaiah 10:7–14 · BSB

But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.

Isaiah 17:13 · BSB

The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.

“your”

Isaiah 5:24 Isaiah 30:30–33 Isaiah 37:23–29 Nahum 1:5–10 Isaiah 31:8 Isaiah 31:9

Isaiah 5:24 · BSB

Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Host…

Isaiah 30:30–33 · BSB

And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.

Isaiah 37:23–29 · BSB

Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Nahum 1:5–10 · BSB

The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.

Isaiah 31:8 · BSB

“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.

Isaiah 31:9 · BSB

Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

Also

Isaiah 26:18 Isaiah 1:31

Isaiah 26:18 · BSB

We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.

Isaiah 1:31 · BSB

The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.

12The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.

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