KJV ORIGINAL
And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
The people will be like limestone burned in a kiln: like cut thorns, they will be burned up in the fire.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse is describing how people who oppose God will be completely destroyed, like thorns thrown into a fire or limestone heated until it crumbles.
📚 Historical Context
Isaiah was prophesying during a time when Assyria was threatening Jerusalem and other nations. This verse is part of a larger prophecy about God's judgment on the nations that oppressed His people. The imagery of burning lime and thorns would have been familiar to ancient audiences, as lime-burning was a common process and thorns were regularly gathered and burned as fuel.
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