Isaiah 33:19

19 You will see those arrogant people no more, people whose speech is obscure, whose language is strange and incomprehensible.

Isaiah 33:19 in Other Translations

KJV
19 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.
ESV
19 You will see no more the insolent people, the people of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend, stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand.
NLT
19 You will no longer see these fierce, violent people with their strange, unknown language.
MSG
19 Gone! Out of sight forever! Their insolence nothing now but a fading stain on the carpet! No more putting up with a language you can't understand, no more sounds of gibberish in your ears.
CSB
19 You will no longer see the barbarians, a people whose speech is difficult to comprehend- who stammer in a language that is not understood.

Isaiah 33:19 In-Context

17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar.
18 In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror: “Where is that chief officer? Where is the one who took the revenue? Where is the officer in charge of the towers?”
19 You will see those arrogant people no more, people whose speech is obscure, whose language is strange and incomprehensible.
20 Look on Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken.
21 There the LORD will be our Mighty One. It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars will ride them, no mighty ship will sail them.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Psalms 5:5
  • 2. S Genesis 11:7; S Isaiah 28:11; Jeremiah 5:15
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