King James Version

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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וְהָי֥וּvehayvand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.עַמִּ֖יםamimpeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.מִשְׂרְפ֣וֹתmisrefotburningמִשְׂרָפָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “burning”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4955combustion, i.e. cremation (of a corpse), or calcination (of lime)burning.שִׂ֑ידsidlimeשִׂידnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “lime”, the ordinary formH7875lime (as boiling when slacked)lime, plaister.קוֹצִ֥יםqotsimthornקוֹץnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “thorn”, the ordinary formH6975a thornthorn.כְּסוּחִ֖יםkesuchimcut downכָּסַחverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “cut down”, a verb used as a describing wordH3683to cut offcut down (up).בָּאֵ֥שׁbaeshin fireאֵשׁpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in fire”, the ordinary formH784fire (literally or figuratively)burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.יִצַּֽתּוּyitsatvburnיָצַתverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “burn”, an unfinished actionH3341to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolateburn (up), be desolate, set (on) fire (fire), kindle.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime; as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.

Young’s Literal Translation

And peoples have been [as] burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn.

World English Bible

The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.

Darby Translation

And the peoples shall be [as] burnings of lime, [as] thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

Douay-Rheims

And the people shall be as ashes after a fire, as a bundle of thorns they shall be burnt with fire.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime; as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the nations shall be burnt up; as a thorn in the field cast out and burnt up.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔσονται ἔθνη κατακεκαυμένα, ὡς ἄκανθα ἐν ἀγρῷ ἐῤῥιμμένη καὶ κατακεκαυμένη.