Isaiah 27:4
Fury is not in me. Oh that I had briars [and] thorns in battle against me! I would march against them, I would burn them together.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3I Jehovah keep it, I will water it every moment; lest any harm it, I will keep it night and day.
5Or let him take hold of my strength; let him make peace with me: [yea,] let him make peace with me.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:6But [the sons] of Belial [are] all of them as thorns thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with hands;
Psalms 85:3Thou hast withdrawn all thy wrath; thou hast turned from the fierceness of thine anger.
Isaiah 9:18For wickedness burneth as a fire: it devoureth briars and thorns, and kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they go rolling up like a pillar of smoke.
Isaiah 12:1And in that day thou shalt say, Jehovah, I will praise thee; for though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou hast comforted me.
Isaiah 54:6For Jehovah hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and as a wife of youth, that hath been refused, saith thy God.
Ezekiel 16:63that thou mayest remember, and be ashamed, and no more open thy mouth because of thy confusion, when I forgive thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 27:2-7
The Doom of Persecutors; The Privilege of Saints. ( b. c. 718.) 1 In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. 2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. 3 I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. 4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through… Read the whole commentary →