Yesaya 33:14

33:14 Sinners are afraid in Zion;

panic ¹  grips the godless. ² 

They say, ³  ‘Who among us can coexist with destructive fire?

Who among us can coexist with unquenchable ⁴  fire?’

Yesaya 57:11

57:11 Whom are you worried about?

Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully

and not remember me

or think about me? ⁵ 

Because I have been silent for so long, ⁶ 

you are not afraid of me. ⁷ 

[33:14]  ¹ tn Or “trembling” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “shake with fear.”

[33:14]  ² tn Or “the defiled”; TEV “The sinful people of Zion”; NLT “The sinners in Jerusalem.”

[33:14]  ³ tn The words “they say” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[33:14]  ⁴ tn Or “perpetual”; or “everlasting” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[57:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “you do not place [it] on your heart.”

[57:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “Is it not [because] I have been silent, and from long ago?”

[57:11]  ⁷ sn God’s patience with sinful Israel has caused them to think that they can sin with impunity and suffer no consequences.