Isaiah 27:4
Wrath have I not: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would pass through them, and I would burn them altogether.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
5If he but take hold of my strength, make peace with me; make peace with me.”
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:6But the godless are all of them as waving thorns, which cannot be taken in the hand;
Psalms 85:3(85:4) Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast relinquished the fierceness of thy anger.
Isaiah 9:18(9:17) For wickedness burneth like the fire; it shall devour the briers and thorns: and it shall kindle [a flame] in the thickets of the forest, and they shall be shrouded by the wreaths of smoke.
Isaiah 12:1And thou shalt say on that day, “I will thank thee, O Lord, that thou wast angry with me: thy anger [now] is turned away, and thou comfortest me.
Isaiah 54:6For as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit did the Lord call thee back, and as a wife of youth, that was rejected, saith thy God.
Ezekiel 16:63In order that thou mayest remember, and feel ashamed, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy confusion, when I forgive thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Eternal.
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 →