Isaiah 27:4

I'm not angry anymore. If there are thorns and brambles I would go and fight them, burning them all up,

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3I, the Lord, take care of it, watering it often. I guard it night and day so that nobody can damage it.

5Otherwise they should come to me for protection. They should make their peace with me, yes, make their peace with me.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 23:6But evil people are like thorns to be thrown aside; they can't be held in the hand.

Psalms 85:3You took back your fury; you turned away from your fierce anger.

Isaiah 9:18For wickedness blazes like a fire, burning up brambles and thorns, setting the forest on fire, sending a column of smoke swirling upwards.

Isaiah 12:1At that time you will say, “I will praise you, Lord! Though you were angry with me, your anger is over, and now you comfort me.

Isaiah 54:6The Lord has called you to come back, like a wife who's been abandoned and deeply hurt, a wife who was married when she was young, only to be rejected, says your God.

Ezekiel 16:63so that you will remember and be ashamed, and won't ever defend your disgraceful behavior when I forgive you for everything you've done, declares the Lord God.”

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 →

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