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If only there were briers and thorns confronting me! I would march against them in battle; I would set them all on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/27.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />My anger will be gone. If I find briers and thorns growing, I will attack them; I will burn them up—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/27.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I have no wrath. Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! I would march against them, I would burn them up together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/27.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Fury <i>is</i> not in me: who would set the briers <i>and</i> thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Fury <i>is</i> not in Me. Who would set briers <i>and</i> thorns Against Me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I have no wrath. Should someone give Me briars <i>and</i> thorns in battle, <i>Then</i> I would step on them, I would burn them completely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I have no wrath. Should someone give Me briars and thorns in battle, Then I would step on them, I would burn them completely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“I have no wrath. Should someone give Me briars <i>and</i> thorns in battle, <i>Then</i> I would step on them, I would burn them completely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I have no wrath. Who would <i>ever</i> give Me briars <i>and</i> thorns in the battle? I would step on them, I would burn them completely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“I have no wrath. Should anyone give Me briars <i>and</i> thorns in battle, I would step on them, I would set them all on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am not angry. If only there were thorns and briers for me to battle, I would trample them and burn them to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am not angry, but if it produces thorns and briers for Me, I will fight against it, trample it, and burn it to the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I am no longer angry. But if it produces thorns, I will go to war against it and burn it to the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Fury 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I am no longer angry. If only thorns and briars would confront me! I would fight them in battle and set all of them on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/27.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I am no longer angry with the vineyard. If there were thorns and briers to fight against, I would burn them up completely. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I am not angry. If only the vineyard could give me briers and thorns to battle, I would march against it, and I would burn it all up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I am not angry. I wish I could confront some thorns and briers! Then I would march against them for battle; I would set them all on fire, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Fury is not in Me; Who gives Me a brier—a thorn in battle? I step into it, "" I burn it at once.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Fury is not in Me; Who giveth Me a brier -- a thorn in battle? I step into it, I burn it at once.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Wrath not to me: who shall distribute to me the sharp point of the thorn in battle? I will rush upon her; I will set her on fire together.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />There is no indignation in m: who shall make me a thorn and a brier in battle: shall march against it, shall I set it on fire together? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Indignation is not mine. Who will be a thorn and a brier to me in battle? I will advance against them. I set them on fire together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I am not angry. But if I were to find briers and thorns, In battle I would march against it; I would burn it all. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I have no wrath. If it gives me thorns and briers, I will march to battle against it. I will burn it up.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You have no hedge; who then did set in you the briers and the thorns? I will blow at the vineyard from near and will burn it together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />You have no wall, but who put a tangle of thorns in you and thorns in proximity? I shall breathe on it and I shall burn it together<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Fury is not in Me; Would that I were as the briers and thorns in flame! I would with one step burn it altogether.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />There is no woman that has not taken hold of it; who will set me to watch stubble in the field? because of this enemy I have set her aside; therefore on this account the Lord has done all that he appointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/27-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=5423" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/27.htm">The LORD's Vineyard</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it; <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">I am not</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî- (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2534.htm" title="2534: ḥê·māh (N-fs) -- Heat, rage. Or chemac; from yacham; heat; figuratively, anger, poison.">angry.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7898.htm" title="7898: ša·yiṯ (N-ms) -- Thornbushes. From shiyth; scrub or trash, i.e. Wild growth of weeds or briers.">If only thorns</a> <a href="/hebrew/8068.htm" title="8068: šā·mîr (N-ms) -- A thorn, adamant, flint. From shamar in the original sense of pricking; a thorn; also a gem, probably the diamond.">and briers</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: yit·tə·nê·nî (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">confronted Me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4421.htm" title="4421: bam·mil·ḥā·māh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A battle, war. From lacham; a battle; generally, war.">I would march</a> <a href="/hebrew/6585.htm" title="6585: ’ep̄·śə·‘āh (V-Qal-Imperf.Cohort-1cs) -- To step, march. A primitive root; to stride, i.e. Rush upon.">and trample them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/6702.htm" title="6702: ’ă·ṣî·ṯen·nāh (V-Hifil-Imperf.h-1cs:: 3fse) -- To blaze. A primitive root; to blaze.">I would burn them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3162.htm" title="3162: yā·ḥaḏ (Adv) -- Unitedness. From yachad; properly, a unit, i.e. unitedly.">to the ground.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-6.htm">Isaiah 5:6</a></span><br />I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm">Isaiah 10:17</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-27.htm">Isaiah 30:27-28</a></span><br />Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire. / His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/33-14.htm">Isaiah 33:14</a></span><br />The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-8.htm">Isaiah 34:8-10</a></span><br />For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. / Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch. / It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm">Isaiah 66:15-16</a></span><br />For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire. / For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-4.htm">Jeremiah 4:4</a></span><br />Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/21-12.htm">Jeremiah 21:12</a></span><br />O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm">Ezekiel 22:20-21</a></span><br />Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you. / Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted within the city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-8.htm">Hosea 13:8</a></span><br />Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-6.htm">Nahum 1:6</a></span><br />Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1</a></span><br />“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-10.htm">Matthew 3:10-12</a></span><br />The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. / I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. / 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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-40.htm">Matthew 13:40-42</a></span><br />As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age. / The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. / And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-9.htm">Luke 3:9</a></span><br />The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">fury</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/12-1.htm">Isaiah 12:1</a></b></br> And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/26-20.htm">Isaiah 26:20,21</a></b></br> Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/54-6.htm">Isaiah 54:6-10</a></b></br> For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God… </p><p class="hdg">who would</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">Isaiah 9:18</a></b></br> 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 <i>like</i> the lifting up of smoke.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm">Isaiah 10:17</a></b></br> And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/23-6.htm">2 Samuel 23:6</a></b></br> But <i>the sons</i> of Belial <i>shall be</i> all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:</p><p class="hdg">go through.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/10-8.htm">Altogether</a> <a href="/isaiah/12-1.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-2.htm">Attack</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-2.htm">Battle</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm">Briers</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-19.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-2.htm">Fighting</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-12.htm">Find</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-11.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-8.htm">Flame</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-15.htm">March</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-12.htm">Once</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Passion</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-11.htm">Someone</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-5.htm">Step</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm">Thorn</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm">Thorns</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Together</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-20.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/38-16.htm">Altogether</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-21.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-7.htm">Attack</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-6.htm">Battle</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-13.htm">Briers</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-12.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-8.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-7.htm">Fighting</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-14.htm">Find</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-11.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-6.htm">Flame</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-10.htm">March</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-1.htm">Once</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-3.htm">Passion</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-4.htm">Someone</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-5.htm">Step</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-13.htm">Thorn</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-13.htm">Thorns</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-12.htm">Together</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-21.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 27</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/27-1.htm">The Deliverance of Israel</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the broader context of Isaiah, God often expresses His righteous anger towards Israel due to their disobedience and idolatry. However, here, He assures them of His mercy and willingness to forgive. This aligns with the theme of divine compassion found throughout the prophetic books, where God’s ultimate desire is restoration rather than destruction (e.g., <a href="/hosea/11-8.htm">Hosea 11:8-9</a>).<p><b>If only thorns and briers confronted Me,</b><br>Thorns and briers symbolize obstacles and challenges, often representing sin and rebellion in biblical literature (<a href="/genesis/3-18.htm">Genesis 3:18</a>, <a href="/hebrews/6-8.htm">Hebrews 6:8</a>). In the context of Isaiah, these could represent the nations or elements within Israel that oppose God’s will. The imagery suggests that God is prepared to deal with these hindrances decisively. This metaphor is consistent with the agricultural language frequently used in the Bible to describe spiritual realities.<p><b>I would march and trample them,</b><br>This phrase conveys God’s power and determination to overcome opposition. The imagery of marching and trampling is reminiscent of a warrior or king leading a victorious campaign. It reflects God’s sovereignty and His ability to subdue any force that stands against His purposes. This is echoed in other scriptures where God is depicted as a mighty warrior (<a href="/exodus/15-3.htm">Exodus 15:3</a>, <a href="/isaiah/42-13.htm">Isaiah 42:13</a>).<p><b>I would burn them to the ground.</b><br>Fire is a common biblical symbol for judgment and purification (<a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a>, <a href="/1_corinthians/3-13.htm">1 Corinthians 3:13</a>). Here, it signifies the complete removal of sin and rebellion, ensuring that nothing impure remains. This act of burning can also be seen as a purifying process, preparing the way for a new beginning. The imagery of fire aligns with the prophetic theme of refining and renewal, pointing towards a future where God’s people are restored and holy.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, expressing His lack of wrath and readiness to deal with opposition.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/briars_and_thorns.htm">Briars and Thorns</a></b><br>Symbolic of obstacles or adversaries that oppose God's purposes.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/battle.htm">Battle</a></b><br>Represents the spiritual or moral conflicts where God asserts His power and authority.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_peaceful_disposition.htm">God's Peaceful Disposition</a></b><br>God declares, "I have no wrath," indicating His desire for reconciliation and peace rather than judgment.<br><br>Application: Believers can find comfort in God's patience and readiness to forgive, encouraging them to seek His grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_readiness_to_overcome_obstacles.htm">Divine Readiness to Overcome Obstacles</a></b><br>The imagery of God marching against briars and thorns shows His power to remove hindrances.<br><br>Application: Trust in God's ability to clear the path of spiritual and moral obstacles in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_briars_and_thorns.htm">Symbolism of Briars and Thorns</a></b><br>These represent sin and rebellion, which God is prepared to eradicate.<br><br>Application: Reflect on areas of life where sin may be acting as a thorn, and seek God's help to remove it.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_battle.htm">God's Sovereignty in Battle</a></b><br>The verse portrays God as a warrior ready to act decisively against opposition.<br><br>Application: Rely on God's strength in spiritual battles, knowing He is capable of overcoming any adversary.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 27</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_show_love_and_kindness.htm">When is it time to be silent or speak?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_faith_help_overcome_addiction.htm">How can Bible verses help overcome anxiety and fear?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_dancing.htm">What does the Bible say about bullying?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_angel_ariel.htm">What is the meaning of Proverbs 27:6?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">Fury is not in me.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">There is no wrath in me. Who will set briars and thorns before me? With war will I go forth against them; I will burn them up together. </span>The reversal of the sentence is continued. Wrath against this vineyard has passed away from Jehovah. Should briars and thorns (symbols of the enemies of His people, as in <a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm" title="For wickedness burns 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.">Isaiah 9:18</a>; <a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm" title="And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;">Isaiah 10:17</a>; <a href="/context/2_samuel/23-6.htm" title="But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:">2Samuel 23:6-7</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/2-6.htm" title="And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with you, and you do dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.">Ezekiel 2:6</a>) spring up, he will do battle against them, and consume them utterly.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Fury is not in me</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "I am not now angered against my vineyard, as on the former occasion (<a href="/isaiah/5-4.htm">Isaiah 5:4-7</a>); or at any rate my anger now is not fury." (Isaiah frequently ascribes "fury" to God, as in <a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Isaiah 34:2</a>; <a href="/isaiah/42-25.htm">Isaiah 42:25</a>; <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17, 20, 22</a>; <a href="/isaiah/59-18.htm">Isaiah 59:18</a>; <a href="/isaiah/63-3.htm">Isaiah 63:3, 5, 6</a>; <a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm">Isaiah 66:15</a>.) <span class="cmt_word">Who would set the briars and thorns against me in battle?</span> The "briars and thorns" are apparently unrighteous members of the Church, who have fallen below their privileges. God asks, "Who will set the briars and thorns in array against me?" in a tone of contempt. "Who will dare to do battle against me with such weak material?" And then he adds a forecast of the result in such a case: "I would move forward; I would burn them all together" (comp. <a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm">Isaiah 10:17</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/27-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I am not</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֣ין</span> <span class="translit">(’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">angry.</span><br /><span class="heb">חֵמָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḥê·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2534.htm">Strong's 2534: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heat, anger, poison</span><br /><br /><span class="word">If only thorns</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׁ֙יִת֙</span> <span class="translit">(ša·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7898.htm">Strong's 7898: </a> </span><span class="str2">Scrub, trash, wild growth of weeds, briers</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and briers</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁמִ֥יר</span> <span class="translit">(šā·mîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8068.htm">Strong's 8068: </a> </span><span class="str2">A thorn, a gem, the diamond</span><br /><br /><span class="word">confronted Me,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִתְּנֵ֜נִי</span> <span class="translit">(yit·tə·nê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I would march</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(bam·mil·ḥā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4421.htm">Strong's 4421: </a> </span><span class="str2">A battle, war</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and trample them,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶפְשְׂעָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(’ep̄·śə·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6585.htm">Strong's 6585: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stride, rush upon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I would burn them</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲצִיתֶ֥נָּה</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ṣî·ṯen·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6702.htm">Strong's 6702: </a> </span><span class="str2">To blaze</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the ground.</span><br /><span class="heb">יָּֽחַד׃</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḥaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3162.htm">Strong's 3162: </a> </span><span class="str2">A unit, unitedly</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/27-4.htm">Isaiah 27:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/27-4.htm">Isaiah 27:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/27-4.htm">Isaiah 27:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/27-4.htm">Isaiah 27:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/27-4.htm">Isaiah 27:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/27-4.htm">Isaiah 27:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/27-4.htm">Isaiah 27:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/27-4.htm">Isaiah 27:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/27-4.htm">Isaiah 27:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/27-4.htm">Isaiah 27:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/27-4.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 27:4 Wrath is not in me but if (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/27-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 27:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 27:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/27-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 27:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 27:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>