Isaiah 27:4
Fury is not in Me; Who gives Me a brier—a thorn in battle? I step into it, || I burn it at once.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5Or—he takes hold on My strength, || [That] he makes peace with Me, || [And] he makes peace with Me.”
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:6As for the worthless—All of them [are] driven away as a thorn, || For they are not taken away by hand;
Psalms 85:3You have gathered up all Your wrath, || You have turned back from the fierceness of Your anger.
Isaiah 9:18For wickedness has burned as a fire, || It devours brier and thorn, || And it kindles in thickets of the forest, || And they lift themselves up, an exaltation of smoke!
Isaiah 12:1And you have said in that day: “I thank you, O YHWH, || Though You have been angry with me, || Your anger turns back, || And You comfort me.
Isaiah 54:6For as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, || YHWH has called you, || Even a youthful wife when she is refused,” said your God.
Ezekiel 16:63So that you remember, || And you have been ashamed, || And there is not an opening of the mouth to you anymore because of your shame, || In My receiving atonement for you, || For all that you have done, || A declaration of Lord YHWH!”
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 →