Ecclesiasticus 33:12

Nova Vulgata

Et erunt populi fornaces calcis: spinae congregatae igne comburentur.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Et erunt populi quasi de incendio cinis ; spin� congregat� igni comburentur.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Et erunt populi quasi de incendio cinis;
spin� congregat� igni comburentur.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the burnings: Amos 2:1

thorns: Isaiah 9:18, Isaiah 27:4, Isaiah 37:36, 2 Samuel 23:6, 2 Samuel 23:7

Reciprocal: Psalms 83:14 - As the fire Isaiah 30:27 - burning 2 Corinthians 7:5 - our

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the people shall be [as] the burnings of lime,.... Like chalk stones that are burnt to make lime of; which may denote not only their hardness and impenitency, which brought upon them and issued in the wrath of God; but the miserable condition into which they are brought, and the torture they should be put to: perhaps this may refer to the casting of the beast and false prophet alive into the lake burning with fire and brimstone, Revelation 19:20:

[as] thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire; "thorns" are a fit simile to express the unfruitfulness, uselessness, and harmfulness of wicked men, particularly the sons of Belial, the followers of antichrist; and these "cut up", and so not green and moist, but dry, and fit fuel for the fire, which burn the more easily and quickly, makes the metaphor more agreeable. The burning of Rome seems here to be pointed at,

Revelation 17:16.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the people - In the army of Sennacherib.

As the burnings of lime - As if placed in a burning lime-kiln, where they must certainly be destroyed (see Isaiah 30:33; compare Amos 2:1).

As thorns cut up - As thorns, or small brushwood, that has been long cut up and perfectly dried are speedily consumed, so shall it be with the Assyrian army. This is an image like many that are employed, denoting that the destruction of the army of the Assyrians would be sudden and entire.