Isaiah 27:4
Fury, have I none,—Oh that there were delivered to me briars and thorns, in battle! I would march in among them I would set fire to them one and all.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
5Else, let one lay hold of my protection, Let him make peace with me,—Peace, let him make with me.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:6But, as for the abandoned, like thorns to be tossed away are they all,—For, not with the hand, can they be taken;
Psalms 85:3Thou hast withdrawn all thine indignation, Thou hast ceased from the glow of thine anger.
Isaiah 9:18For lawlessness, hath consumed like fire, Briars and thorns, doth it devour,—Yea it hath kindled upon the thickets of the forest, And they have rolled up as a column of smoke.
Isaiah 12:1Thou shalt say, therefore, in that day, I will praise thee, O Yahweh! Though thou hast been angry with me, Thine anger turneth back. And thou dost comfort me.
Isaiah 54:6For, like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, hath Yahweh called thee,—Even the wife of youthful days, in that thou wast rejected saith thy God.
Ezekiel 16:63To the end thou mayest remember and turn pale, and there be to thee no more, an opening of mouth, because of thy reproach,- In that I have accepted a propitiatory covering for thee as to all that thou hast done, Declareth My Lord. Yahweh.
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 →