NET Bible
"I am not angry. I wish I could confront some thorns and briers! Then I would march against them for battle; I would set them all on fire,"
— Isaiah 27:4, NET Bible
“Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.”
“Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together. ”
“Wrath is not in me, but if I should find briers and thorns, I would do battle! I would march on them and I would burn them together.”
“There is no indignation in me: who shall make me a thorn and a brier in battle: shall I march against it, shall, I set it on fire together?”
“My passion is over: if the thorns were fighting against me, I would make an attack on them, and they would be burned up together.”
“Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.”
At that time the LORD will punish with his destructive, great, and powerful sword Leviathan the fast-moving serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent; he will kill the sea monster.
When that time comes, sing about a delightful vineyard!
I, the LORD, protect it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day, so no one can harm it.
I am not angry. I wish I could confront some thorns and briers! Then I would march against them for battle; I would set them all on fire,
unless they became my subjects and made peace with me; let them make peace with me.
The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.
Has the LORD struck down Israel like he did their oppressors? Has Israel been killed like their enemies?