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Isaiah 27:4

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4I am not angry.

If only there were thorns and briersb for me to battle,

I would trample them

and burn them to the ground.

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Cross references

  1. b2Sm 23:6; Is 10:17

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I have no wrath.

Would that I had thorns and briers to battle!

I would march against them,

I would burn them up together.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I am not angry.

If only there were briers and thorns confronting me!

I would march against them in battle;

I would set them all on fire.

NLTNew Living Translation

My anger will be gone.

If I find briers and thorns growing,

I will attack them;

I will burn them up—

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I have no wrath.

Whatever gives me thorns and briers,

I will step forth against in battle.

I will set it on fire altogether.

KJV 1900King 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.