Isaiah 33:11
New International Version
You conceive chaff, you give birth to straw; your breath is a fire that consumes you.

New Living Translation
You Assyrians produce nothing but dry grass and stubble. Your own breath will turn to fire and consume you.

English Standard Version
You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you.

Berean Standard Bible
You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.

King James Bible
Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.

New King James Version
You shall conceive chaff, You shall bring forth stubble; Your breath, as fire, shall devour you.

New American Standard Bible
“You have conceived chaff, you will give birth to stubble; My breath will consume you like a fire.

NASB 1995
“You have conceived chaff, you will give birth to stubble; My breath will consume you like a fire.

NASB 1977
“You have conceived chaff, you will give birth to stubble; My breath will consume you like a fire.

Legacy Standard Bible
You have conceived chaff, you will give birth to stubble; My breath will consume you like a fire.

Amplified Bible
“You have conceived dried grass, you will give birth to stubble; My breath is a fire that will consume you.

Christian Standard Bible
You will conceive chaff; you will give birth to stubble. Your breath is fire that will consume you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You will conceive chaff; you will give birth to stubble. Your breath is fire that will consume you.

American Standard Version
Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.

Contemporary English Version
Your deeds are straw that will be set on fire by your very own breath.

English Revised Version
Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You will be pregnant with hay. You will give birth to straw. Your breath will be a fire which will burn you up.

Good News Translation
You make worthless plans and everything you do is useless. My spirit is like a fire that will destroy you.

International Standard Version
You conceive dried grass, you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you.

Majority Standard Bible
You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.

NET Bible
You conceive straw, you give birth to chaff; your breath is a fire that destroys you.

New Heart English Bible
You will conceive chaff. You will bring forth stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.

Webster's Bible Translation
Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.

World English Bible
You will conceive chaff. You will give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
You conceive chaff, you bear stubble; Your spirit—a fire [that] devours you.

Young's Literal Translation
Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! -- fire devoureth you.

Smith's Literal Translation
Ye shall conceive dry grass, ye shall bring forth straw: your spirit of fire shall consume you.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
You shall conceive heat, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath as fire shall devour you.

Catholic Public Domain Version
You will conceive heat. You will give birth to stubble. Your own spirit will devour you like fire.

New American Bible
You conceive dry grass, bring forth stubble; my spirit shall consume you like fire.

New Revised Standard Version
You conceive chaff, you bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
You shall conceive thorns, you shall bring forth stubble; your breath, as fire, shall devour you.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And you shall conceive thorns and you shall bring forth stubble; by your breath fire shall consume you
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Ye conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble; Your breath is a fire that shall devour you.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Now shall ye see, now shall ye perceive; the strength of your breath, shall be vain; fire shall devour you.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The LORD is Exalted
10“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted. 11You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you. 12The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.…

Cross References
Psalm 7:14
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

Job 15:35
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”

Hosea 8:7
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.

Galatians 6:7-8
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

James 1:15
Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

Proverbs 22:8
He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Matthew 7:16-20
By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? / Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. / A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. ...

Jeremiah 12:13
They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”

Micah 2:1
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

Romans 6:21
What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.

Isaiah 59:4
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

Hosea 10:13
You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,

Matthew 13:24-30
Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. / But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away. / When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared. ...

2 Corinthians 9:6
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

Proverbs 1:31
So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.


Treasury of Scripture

You shall conceive chaff, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.

conceive

Isaiah 8:9,10
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces…

Isaiah 10:7-14
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few…

Isaiah 17:13
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

your

Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 30:30-33
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones…

Isaiah 31:8,9
Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited…

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Isaiah 33
1. God's judgments against the enemies of the church
13. The consternation of sinners, and privileges of the godly














You conceive chaff
The phrase "You conceive chaff" uses the imagery of conception to describe the futility of the plans and efforts of those who oppose God. In Hebrew, the word for "chaff" (מֹץ, motz) refers to the husks and straw that are separated from the grain during threshing. Chaff is lightweight, worthless, and easily blown away by the wind. This metaphor highlights the emptiness and lack of substance in the schemes of the wicked. Historically, chaff was a common agricultural byproduct in ancient Israel, and its use here would have been a vivid illustration for Isaiah's audience. Spiritually, this phrase serves as a warning that without God, human endeavors are ultimately fruitless and transient.

you give birth to stubble
The phrase "you give birth to stubble" continues the metaphor of barrenness and futility. "Stubble" (קַשׁ, qash) refers to the dry stalks left in the field after the grain has been harvested. Like chaff, stubble is of little value and is often burned. The imagery of giving birth to something as worthless as stubble underscores the idea that the efforts of those who defy God will not yield anything of lasting worth. In a spiritual sense, this phrase challenges believers to consider the outcomes of their actions and to align their lives with God's purposes, which alone can produce enduring fruit.

Your breath is a fire that will consume you
The phrase "Your breath is a fire that will consume you" is a powerful depiction of self-destruction. The Hebrew word for "breath" (רוּחַ, ruach) can also mean spirit or wind, suggesting that the very essence or intentions of the wicked will lead to their downfall. Fire, in biblical terms, often symbolizes judgment and purification. Here, it indicates that the destructive plans and words of the wicked will turn back upon them, consuming them like a fire. This serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of living in opposition to God's will. Historically, fire was a common tool for clearing fields and purifying metals, making this metaphor both vivid and relatable for Isaiah's audience. Spiritually, it calls believers to examine their own lives, ensuring that their words and actions align with God's truth, lest they too face the consuming fire of judgment.

(11) Ye shall conceive chaff . . .--Primarily the words are addressed to the Assyrian invaders, but not without a side glance at all who had been weaving their own webs of policy instead of trusting in Jehovah. Scheme and result, conception and parturition, would be alike worthless.

Your breath, as fire . . .--"Breath," the hot panting of rage; this, instead of working the destruction of Judah, should prove suicidal.

Verse 11. - Ye shall conceive chaff. The Assyrian plans against Jerusalem shall be mere "chaff" and "stubble." They shall come to naught. Nay, the fury of the foe against Jerusalem shall be the fire to destroy them.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You conceive
תַּהֲר֥וּ (ta·hă·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 2029: To conceive, become pregnant

chaff;
חֲשַׁ֖שׁ (ḥă·šaš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2842: Dry grass

you give birth to
תֵּ֣לְדוּ (tê·lə·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

stubble.
קַ֑שׁ (qaš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7179: Stubble, chaff

Your breath
רוּחֲכֶ֕ם (rū·ḥă·ḵem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

is a fire
אֵ֖שׁ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

that will consume you.
תֹּאכַלְכֶֽם׃ (tō·ḵal·ḵem)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine plural
Strong's 398: To eat


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