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of a stammering tongue, <i>that thou canst</i> not understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/33.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You will not see a fierce people, A people of obscure speech, beyond perception, Of a stammering tongue <i>that you</i> cannot understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/33.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will no longer see a fierce people, A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends, Of a stammering tongue which no one understands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/33.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />You will no longer see a fierce people, A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends, Of a stammering tongue which no one understands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/33.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />You will no longer see a fierce people, A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends, Of a stammering tongue which no one understands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/33.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You will no longer see a fierce people, A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends, Of a stammering tongue which no one understands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/33.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You will no longer see the fierce <i>and</i> insolent people, A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends, Of a strange <i>and</i> stammering tongue which no one understands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/33.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will no longer see the barbarians, a people whose speech is difficult to comprehend — who stammer in a language that is not understood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/33.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will no longer see the barbarians, a people whose speech is difficult to comprehend— who stammer in a language that is not understood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/33.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not comprehend, of a strange tongue that thou canst not understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/33.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You will never again have to see the proud people who spoke a strange and foreign language you could not understand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/33.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not perceive; of a strange tongue that thou canst not understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/33.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You will no longer see those savage people, those people with an unrecognizable language, with a foreign language that you can't understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/33.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You will no longer see any arrogant foreigners who speak a language that you can't understand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/33.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />No longer will you see those arrogant people, those people with their obscure speech you cannot comprehend, stammering in a language you cannot understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/33.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/33.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You will no longer see a defiant people whose language you do not comprehend, whose derisive speech you do not understand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/33.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can't comprehend, with a strange language that you can't understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/33.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/33.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can’t comprehend, with a strange language that you can’t understand. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/33.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You do not see the strong people, "" A people deeper of lip than to be understood, "" Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/33.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/33.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt not see a firm people, a people of a deep lip above hearing; of a stammering tongue, of no understanding.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/33.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The shameless people thou shalt not see, the people of profound speech: so that thou canst not understand the eloquence of his tongue, in whom there is no wisdom. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/33.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You will not look upon a shameless people, a people of exalted words. For you are not able to understand the dissertation of a tongue in which there is no wisdom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/33.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You shall no longer see a defiant people, a people of speech too obscure to comprehend, stammering in a tongue not understood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/33.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />No longer will you see the insolent people, the people of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend, stammering in a language that you cannot understand.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/33.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You shall not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech, of a stammering tongue, so that he cannot be understood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/33.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />No one shall regard the people whose reputation is severe and his tongue stuttering, and he is not understood.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/33.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou shalt not see the fierce people; A people of a deep speech that thou canst not perceive, Of a stammering tongue that thou canst not understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/33.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br /><i>even</i> the small and great people? with whom he took not counsel, neither did he understand <i>a people</i> of deep speech, so that a despised people should not hear, and there is no understanding to him that hears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/33-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=7023" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/33.htm">The LORD is Exalted</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?” <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">You will no</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: ṯir·’eh (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">longer see</a> <a href="/hebrew/3267.htm" title="3267: nō·w·‘āz (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- Perhaps barbarous. A primitive root; to be bold or obstinate: d-fierce.">the insolent,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am (N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am (N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">a people</a> <a href="/hebrew/8193.htm" title="8193: śā·p̄āh (N-fs) -- Or sepheth; probably from caphah or shaphah through the idea of termination; the lip; by implication, language; by analogy, a margin.">whose speech</a> <a href="/hebrew/6012.htm" title="6012: ‘im·qê (Adj-mpc) -- Deep, unfathomable. From amaq; deep.">is unintelligible,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: miš·šə·mō·w·a‘ (Prep-m:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3932.htm" title="3932: nil·‘aḡ (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-msc) -- To mock, deride, stammer. A primitive root; to deride; by implication to speak unintelligibly.">who stammer</a> <a href="/hebrew/3956.htm" title="3956: lā·šō·wn (N-cs) -- Tongue. Or lashon; also feminine lshonah; from lashan; the tongue, used literally, and figuratively.">in a language</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">you cannot</a> <a href="/hebrew/998.htm" title="998: bî·nāh (N-fs) -- An understanding. From biyn; understanding.">understand.</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm">Deuteronomy 28:49-50</a></span><br />The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand, / a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-15.htm">Jeremiah 5:15</a></span><br />Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/28-11.htm">Isaiah 28:11</a></span><br />Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-18.htm">Isaiah 29:18</a></span><br />On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/32-4.htm">Isaiah 32:4</a></span><br />The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/35-5.htm">Isaiah 35:5-6</a></span><br />Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. / Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/36-11.htm">Isaiah 36:11</a></span><br />Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-11.htm">Isaiah 41:11-12</a></span><br />Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish. / You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/62-8.htm">Isaiah 62:8-9</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled. / For those who harvest grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather grapes will drink the wine in My holy courts.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/3-5.htm">Ezekiel 3:5-6</a></span><br />For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel— / not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-9.htm">Zephaniah 3:9</a></span><br />For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-6.htm">Acts 2:6-8</a></span><br />And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language. / Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? / How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/14-21.htm">1 Corinthians 14:21</a></span><br />It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-14.htm">Matthew 13:14-15</a></span><br />In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. / For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/4-12.htm">Mark 4:12</a></span><br />so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You shall not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than you can perceive; of a stammering tongue, that you can not understand.</p><p class="hdg">shall not</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/14-13.htm">Exodus 14:13</a></b></br> And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm">Deuteronomy 28:49,50</a></b></br> The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, <i>as swift</i> as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/19-32.htm">2 Kings 19:32</a></b></br> Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.</p><p class="hdg">deeper</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/28-11.htm">Isaiah 28:11</a></b></br> For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/5-15.htm">Jeremiah 5:15</a></b></br> Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it <i>is</i> a mighty nation, it <i>is</i> an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/3-5.htm">Ezekiel 3:5,6</a></b></br> For thou <i>art</i> not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, <i>but</i> to the house of Israel; … </p><p class="hdg">stammering.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Arrogant</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-17.htm">Comprehend</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-20.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-33.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-10.htm">Deeper</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-30.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-4.htm">Insolent</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-5.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-29.htm">Obscure</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-10.htm">Perceive</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-11.htm">Scorned</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-8.htm">Seest</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-14.htm">Sense</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-9.htm">Speech</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-4.htm">Stammering</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-14.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/isaiah/31-9.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-4.htm">Tongue</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-4.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-24.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-19.htm">Understands</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-3.htm">Understood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-6.htm">Unintelligible</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/13-15.htm">Arrogant</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-18.htm">Comprehend</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-9.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-16.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-47.htm">Deeper</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-24.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/daniel/8-23.htm">Insolent</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-12.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-5.htm">Obscure</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-19.htm">Perceive</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-7.htm">Scorned</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-20.htm">Seest</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-4.htm">Sense</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-9.htm">Speech</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-11.htm">Stammering</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-16.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-23.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-6.htm">Tongue</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-11.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-14.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-1.htm">Understands</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-13.htm">Understood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-5.htm">Unintelligible</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 33</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/33-1.htm">God's judgments against the enemies of the church</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/33-13.htm">The consternation of sinners, and privileges of the godly</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "insolent" refers to foreign oppressors, likely the Assyrians, who were known for their arrogance and harsh treatment of conquered peoples. Historically, the Assyrians were a dominant power in the Near East during Isaiah's time, often threatening and invading Israel and Judah. The promise that they will "no longer see" these oppressors suggests divine intervention and deliverance, a recurring theme in the prophetic books where God promises to protect and restore His people.<p><b>a people whose speech is unintelligible</b><br>The reference to unintelligible speech highlights the cultural and linguistic barriers between the Israelites and their oppressors. The Assyrians spoke Akkadian, a language foreign to the Hebrew-speaking Israelites. This phrase underscores the alienation and fear experienced by the Israelites under foreign domination. It also reflects the broader biblical theme of God’s people being distinct and set apart from other nations, as seen in the story of the Tower of Babel (<a href="/genesis/11.htm">Genesis 11:1-9</a>), where language is used to divide and scatter.<p><b>who stammer in a language you cannot understand</b><br>The imagery of stammering suggests confusion and a lack of clarity, possibly indicating the Israelites' inability to negotiate or communicate effectively with their oppressors. This could also symbolize the futility of relying on human alliances and the need to trust in God alone for deliverance. The inability to understand the language of the oppressors can be seen as a metaphor for the spiritual blindness and deafness that comes from turning away from God, a theme Isaiah frequently addresses (<a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Isaiah 6:9-10</a>). In a broader theological context, this can be contrasted with the New Testament event of Pentecost (<a href="/acts/2.htm">Acts 2:1-12</a>), where language barriers are miraculously overcome, symbolizing the unifying power of the Holy Spirit.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/insolent_people.htm">Insolent People</a></b><br>Refers to the foreign nations that were a threat to Israel, often characterized by arrogance and hostility towards God's people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/people_of_obscure_speech.htm">People of Obscure Speech</a></b><br>Likely refers to the Assyrians or other foreign nations whose language was unfamiliar and incomprehensible to the Israelites.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who delivered God's message to the people of Judah, warning them of judgment and offering hope for deliverance.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was under threat from foreign powers during Isaiah's time.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/assyria.htm">Assyria</a></b><br>A dominant empire during Isaiah's time, known for its military might and often seen as a threat to Israel and Judah.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_deliverance.htm">God's Deliverance</a></b><br>God promises deliverance from foreign oppressors, emphasizing His power to protect His people from those who seem incomprehensible and threatening.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_and_communication.htm">Understanding and Communication</a></b><br>The inability to understand foreign languages symbolizes the barriers between God's people and those who do not follow Him. It reminds us of the importance of clear communication in sharing the Gospel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_hope.htm">Judgment and Hope</a></b><br>While God uses foreign nations as instruments of judgment, He also provides hope and assurance of eventual peace and understanding.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to trust in God's control over nations and languages, knowing that He can remove threats and bring clarity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_and_spiritual_barriers.htm">Cultural and Spiritual Barriers</a></b><br>The verse challenges us to consider the cultural and spiritual barriers in our own lives and how God can help us overcome them.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_33.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 33</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_isaiah_33_claim_miracles.htm">Why does Isaiah 33 describe miraculous healing and renewed stability when no archaeological or scientific evidence supports such events on a large scale?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_permit_doctrinal_confusion.htm">Why does God allow doctrinal confusion?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_isaiah_37_and_2_kings_19_differ.htm">Why do Isaiah 37:33-35 and parallel biblical accounts (e.g., 2 Kings 19) differ in describing Sennacherib's retreat and the exact nature of the Assyrian defeat?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_isaiah_see_god_if_he's_invisible.htm">Isaiah 6:1 - How can Isaiah physically see God in the temple when other passages state God is invisible or cannot be seen?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/33.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">Thou shalt not see a fierce people . . .</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">The fierce people thou shalt not see </span><span class= "bld">. . .</span> The words answer the question just asked. The whole Assyrian army, with their barbarous, unintelligible speech (<a href="/isaiah/28-11.htm" title="For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.">Isaiah 28:11</a>), shall have passed away.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/33.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou shalt not see a fierce people</span>, etc.; rather, <span class="accented">thou shalt see no more that barbarous people - the</span> Assyrians - a <span class="accented">people gruff of speech that rhea caner, or hear them</span>, <span class="accented">stammering of tongue that thee caner not understand them</span> (comp. <a href="/isaiah/28-11.htm">Isaiah 28:11</a>). The generation which witnessed the destruction of Sennacherib's army probably did not see the Assyrians again. <span class="accented">It</span> was not till about <span class="date">B.C. 670</span> that Manasseh was "taken with hooks by the captains of the King of Assyria, and carried to Babylon" (<a href="/2_chronicles/33-11.htm">2 Chronicles 33:11</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/33-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You will no</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">longer see</span><br /><span class="heb">תִרְאֶ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṯir·’eh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the insolent,</span><br /><span class="heb">נוֹעָ֖ז</span> <span class="translit">(nō·w·‘āz)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3267.htm">Strong's 3267: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be bold, obstinate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a people</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘am)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whose speech</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂפָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(śā·p̄āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8193.htm">Strong's 8193: </a> </span><span class="str2">The lip, language, a margin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is unintelligible,</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמְקֵ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·qê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6012.htm">Strong's 6012: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deep, unfathomable</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who stammer</span><br /><span class="heb">נִלְעַ֥ג</span> <span class="translit">(nil·‘aḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3932.htm">Strong's 3932: </a> </span><span class="str2">To deride, to speak unintelligibly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in a language</span><br /><span class="heb">לָשׁ֖וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(lā·šō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> </span><span class="str2">The tongue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that is not</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֥ין</span> <span class="translit">(’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">understood.</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּינָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(bî·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_998.htm">Strong's 998: </a> </span><span class="str2">An understanding</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/33-19.htm">Isaiah 33:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/33-19.htm">Isaiah 33:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/33-19.htm">Isaiah 33:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/33-19.htm">Isaiah 33:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/33-19.htm">Isaiah 33:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/33-19.htm">Isaiah 33:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/33-19.htm">Isaiah 33:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/33-19.htm">Isaiah 33:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/33-19.htm">Isaiah 33:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/33-19.htm">Isaiah 33:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/33-19.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 33:19 You will no longer see the fierce (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/33-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 33:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 33:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/33-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 33:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 33:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>