33:11 You conceive straw, 1
you give birth to chaff;
your breath is a fire that destroys you. 2
66:16 For the Lord judges all humanity 3
with fire and his sword;
the Lord will kill many. 4
1 tn The second person verb and pronominal forms in this verse are plural. The hostile nations are the addressed, as the next verse makes clear.
2 sn The hostile nations’ plans to destroy God’s people will come to nothing; their hostility will end up being self-destructive.
3 tn Heb “flesh” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NIV “upon all men”; TEV “all the people of the world.”
4 tn Heb “many are the slain of the Lord.”