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Isaiah 9:18

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18Surely wickedness burns like a fire;g

it consumes briers and thorns,h

it sets the forest thickets ablaze,i

so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.

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Cross references

  1. gSee Dt 29:23; See Isa 1:31
  2. hSee Isa 5:6
  3. iSee Ps 83:14

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For wickedness burns like a fire;

it consumes briers and thorns;

it kindles the thickets of the forest,

and they roll upward in a column of smoke.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For wickedness burns like a fire

that consumes thorns and briers

and kindles the forest thickets

so that they go up in a column of smoke.

NLTNew Living Translation

This wickedness is like a brushfire.

It burns not only briers and thorns

but also sets the forests ablaze.

Its burning sends up clouds of smoke.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For wickedness burned like fire;

it consumed brier and thorn.

And it kindled the thickets of the forest,

and they swirled upward in a column of smoke.

KJV 1900King James Version

For wickedness burneth as the fire:

It shall devour the briers and thorns,

And shall kindle in the thickets of the forest,

And they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.