Isaiah 33:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Isaiah 33:19 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 33:19 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 14:13But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.
- Deuteronomy 28:49The 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,
- 2 Kings 19:32So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
- Isaiah 28:11Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people
- Isaiah 37:34He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
- Isaiah 37:37So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
- Jeremiah 5:15Behold, 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.
- Ezekiel 3:5For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—
- Ezekiel 3:6not 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.
- 1 Corinthians 14:21It 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.”
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