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Isaiah 27:4

2 In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.

3 I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;

I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.

5 Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me— yes, let them make peace with Me.”

6 In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.
KJV
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.
WEB
Wrath is not in me, but if I should find briers and thorns, I would do battle! I would march on them and I would burn them together.
ASV
Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together.
DARBY
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.
BLB
Anger [is] not in Me. Who would set against Me a thorn—a thornbush? In the battle I will march against her, I will burn her alltogether.
ÅB
Vrede har jeg ikke mot den. Hadde jeg torner og tistler mot meg i krig, da ville jeg gå løs på dem og brenne dem opp alle sammen,
OTB
Jeg er ikke sint. Om det bare var torner og tistler å konfrontere meg med! Jeg ville marsjere mot dem; jeg ville sette dem alle i brann.
B1930
Vrede har jeg ikke mot den. Hadde jeg torner og tistler mot mig i krig, da vilde jeg gå løs på dem og brenne dem op alle sammen,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 10:17

    And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.

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  • Hebrews 6:8

    But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.

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  • Matthew 3:12

    His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

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  • Psalms 85:3

    You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.

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  • 2 Samuel 23:6

    But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.

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  • Nahum 1:3–7

    The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

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  • 2 Peter 2:9

    if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

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  • Psalms 103:9

    He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.

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