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It burns not only briers and thorns but also sets the forests ablaze. Its burning sends up clouds of smoke. <a href="/esv/isaiah/9.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/9.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/9.htm">New King James Version</a> For wickedness burns as the fire; It shall devour the briers and thorns, And kindle in the thickets of the forest; They shall mount up like rising smoke. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For wickedness burns like a fire; It consumes briars and thorns; It also sets the thickets of the forest aflame And they roll upward in a column of smoke. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> For wickedness burns like a fire; It consumes briars and thorns; It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame And they roll upward in a column of smoke. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For wickedness burns like a fire; It consumes briars and thorns; It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame, And they roll upward in a column of smoke. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For wickedness burns like a fire; It consumes briars and thorns; It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame, And they roll upward in a column of smoke. <a href="/amp/isaiah/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For wickedness burns like a fire; It consumes briars and thorns, It even sets the forest thickets ablaze; And it swirls upward in a column of smoke. <a href="/csb/isaiah/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/asv/isaiah/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke. <a href="/cev/isaiah/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Evil had spread like a raging forest fire sending thornbushes up in smoke. <a href="/erv/isaiah/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns: yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in thick clouds of smoke. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Surely wickedness burns like fire. It burns up briars and thorns. It sets the underbrush in the forest on fire, and it whirls upward in clouds of smoke. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/9.htm">Good News Translation</a> The wickedness of the people burns like a fire that destroys thorn bushes and thistles. It burns like a forest fire that sends up columns of smoke. <a href="/isv/isaiah/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> "For wickedness has burned like a blaze that consumes briers and thorns; it sets thickets of the forest on fire, and skyward they swirl in a column of smoke. <a href="/msb/isaiah/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke. <a href="/net/isaiah/9.htm">NET Bible</a> For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 rising of smoke. <a href="/web/isaiah/9.htm">World English Bible</a> For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For wickedness has burned as a fire, "" It devours brier and thorn, "" And it kindles in thickets of the forest, "" And they lift themselves up, an exaltation of smoke! <a href="/ylt/isaiah/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> For burned as a fire hath wickedness, Brier and thorn it devoureth, And it kindleth in thickets of the forest, And they lift themselves up, an exaltation of smoke! <a href="/slt/isaiah/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For wickedness burnt as fire; the sharp point and the thorn it shall consume, and shall burn in the thickets of the forest, and they shall roll up in the mounting up of smoke.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For wickedness is kindled as a fire, it shall devour the brier and the thorn: and shall kindle in the thicket of the forest, and it shall be wrapped up in smoke ascending on high. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For impiety has been kindled like a fire: it will devour brier and thorn, and it will burn in the dense forest, and it will be interwoven with the ascending smoke. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/9.htm">New American Bible</a> For wickedness burns like fire, devouring brier and thorn; It kindles the forest thickets, which go up in columns of smoke. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For wickedness burned like a fire, consuming briers and thorns; it kindled the thickets of the forest, and they swirled upward in a column of smoke.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For wickedness burns like the fire; it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and the chosen ones shall roll up like the lifting up of smoke. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because sin burned as fire and it will devour a thicket and thorns, and it shall continue into the branches of the forest, and the chosen ones shall be engulfed in smoke<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For wickedness burneth as the fire; It devoureth the briers and thorns; Yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, And they roll upward in thick clouds of smoke. <a href="/sep/isaiah/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And iniquity shall burn as fire, and shall be devoured by fire as dry grass: and it shall burn in the thickets of the wood, and shall devour all that is round about the hills. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/9-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=2040" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/9.htm">Judgment Against Israel's Unrepentance</a> 18<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/7564.htm" title="7564: riš·‘āh (N-fs) -- Wickedness. Feminine of resha'; wrong.">wickedness</a> <a href="/hebrew/1197.htm" title="1197: ḇā·‘ă·rāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To kindle, consume, to be, brutish. A primitive root; to kindle, i.e. Consume; also to be(-come) brutish.">burns</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: ḵā·’êš (Prep-k, Art:: N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">like a fire</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: tō·ḵêl (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">that consumes</a> <a href="/hebrew/7898.htm" title="7898: wā·ša·yiṯ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Thornbushes. From shiyth; scrub or trash, i.e. Wild growth of weeds or briers.">the 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/3341.htm" title="3341: wat·tiṣ·ṣaṯ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To kindle, burn. A primitive root; to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolate.">and kindles</a> <a href="/hebrew/3293.htm" title="3293: hay·ya·‘ar (Art:: N-ms) -- From an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure; a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb.">the forest</a> <a href="/hebrew/5442.htm" title="5442: bə·siḇ·ḵê (Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- A thicket. From cabak, a copse.">thickets</a> <a href="/hebrew/55.htm" title="55: way·yiṯ·’ab·bə·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To turn. A primitive root; probably to coil upward.">which roll upward</a> <a href="/hebrew/1348.htm" title="1348: gê·’ūṯ (N-fsc) -- Majesty. From ga'ah; the same as ga'avah.">in billows</a> <a href="/hebrew/6227.htm" title="6227: ‘ā·šān (N-ms) -- Smoke. From ashan; smoke, literally or figuratively.">of smoke.</a> 19By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/james/3-6.htm">James 3:6</a> The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. <a href="/jeremiah/5-14.htm">Jeremiah 5:14</a> Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes. <a href="/hebrews/12-29.htm">Hebrews 12:29</a> “For our God is a consuming fire.” <a href="/psalms/83-14.htm">Psalm 83:14</a> As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze, <a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1</a> “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.” <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-8.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:8</a> in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-22.htm">Deuteronomy 32:22</a> For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains. <a href="/revelation/8-7.htm">Revelation 8:7</a> Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass. <a href="/ezekiel/20-47.htm">Ezekiel 20:47-48</a> Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched. / Then all people will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.” <a href="/matthew/3-12.htm">Matthew 3:12</a> 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.” <a href="/nahum/1-6.htm">Nahum 1:6</a> Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him. <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">2 Peter 3:10</a> But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare. <a href="/jeremiah/21-14.htm">Jeremiah 21:14</a> I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’” <a href="/joel/1-19.htm">Joel 1:19-20</a> To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field. / Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures. <a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm">Isaiah 10:17</a> 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.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.wickedness<a href="/isaiah/1-31.htm">Isaiah 1:31</a> And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.<a href="/isaiah/30-30.htm">Isaiah 30:30,33</a> And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones… <a href="/isaiah/33-12.htm">Isaiah 33:12</a> And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.it shall<a href="/isaiah/10-16.htm">Isaiah 10:16-18</a> Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire… <a href="/isaiah/27-4.htm">Isaiah 27:4</a> 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.<a href="/hebrews/6-8.htm">Hebrews 6:8</a> But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.shall kindle<a href="/ezekiel/20-47.htm">Ezekiel 20:47,48</a> And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein… mount<a href="/isaiah/5-24.htm">Isaiah 5:24</a> Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.<a href="/psalms/37-20.htm">Psalm 37:20</a> But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.<a href="/hosea/13-3.htm">Hosea 13:3</a> Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/83-14.htm">Ablaze</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-8.htm">Aflame</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-25.htm">Blackberries</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-25.htm">Briars</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-25.htm">Brier</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-25.htm">Briers</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-5.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/psalms/106-18.htm">Burneth</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-25.htm">Burns</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-22.htm">Clouds</a> <a href="/songs/3-6.htm">Column</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-5.htm">Consumes</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-2.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-12.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-24.htm">Devoureth</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-24.htm">Devours</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-16.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/psalms/149-6.htm">Exaltation</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-5.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-2.htm">Forest</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-21.htm">Kindle</a> <a href="/job/41-21.htm">Kindles</a> <a href="/job/41-21.htm">Kindleth</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-32.htm">Lifting</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-18.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-14.htm">Pillar</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-1.htm">Roll</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-27.htm">Rolling</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-5.htm">Sets</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-4.htm">Smoke</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-20.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-22.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-11.htm">Thickets</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-25.htm">Thorns</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm">Upward</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-18.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-13.htm">Woods</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/33-12.htm">Ablaze</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-25.htm">Aflame</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-6.htm">Blackberries</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm">Briars</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm">Brier</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm">Briers</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-25.htm">Burneth</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-15.htm">Burns</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-14.htm">Clouds</a> <a href="/judges/20-40.htm">Column</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-6.htm">Consumes</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-20.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-20.htm">Devoureth</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-20.htm">Devours</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-3.htm">Exaltation</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-18.htm">Forest</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-16.htm">Kindle</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-33.htm">Kindles</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-16.htm">Kindleth</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-3.htm">Lifting</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-12.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-19.htm">Pillar</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-10.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-18.htm">Roll</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-13.htm">Rolling</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-1.htm">Sets</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-31.htm">Smoke</a> <a href="/isaiah/12-2.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-31.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-34.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-34.htm">Thickets</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm">Thorns</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-31.htm">Upward</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-10.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-18.htm">Woods</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 9</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm">What joy shall be in the midst of afflictions, by the birth and kingdom of Christ</a> 8. <a href="/isaiah/9-8.htm">The judgments upon Israel for their pride</a> 13. <a href="/isaiah/9-13.htm">For their hypocrisy</a> 18. <a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">And for their unrepentance</a> </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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This imagery is used to convey the idea that sin and moral corruption have a pervasive and devastating effect on individuals and societies. The metaphor of fire suggests that wickedness spreads rapidly and uncontrollably, much like a wildfire. This aligns with other biblical passages, such as <a href="/james/3-6.htm">James 3:6</a>, where the tongue is described as a fire, highlighting the destructive power of sin.that consumes the thorns and briers Thorns and briers are frequently used in Scripture to represent obstacles, sin, and the consequences of disobedience. In <a href="/genesis/3-18.htm">Genesis 3:18</a>, thorns and thistles are part of the curse upon the ground after the Fall, symbolizing the hardships and struggles resulting from sin. Here, the imagery of wickedness consuming thorns and briers suggests that sin not only spreads but also destroys what is already cursed or problematic, emphasizing the comprehensive nature of its devastation.and kindles the forest thickets The forest thickets represent areas of dense growth, which can be seen as societies or communities. The idea of wickedness kindling these thickets implies that sin ignites and spreads through communities, affecting the social and moral fabric. This can be connected to the broader biblical theme of judgment upon nations and peoples who turn away from God, as seen in the prophetic warnings throughout Isaiah and other prophetic books.which roll upward in billows of smoke The image of smoke billowing upward signifies the visible and far-reaching consequences of sin. Smoke is often associated with destruction and judgment in the Bible, as seen in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (<a href="/genesis/19-28.htm">Genesis 19:28</a>). The upward movement of the smoke suggests that the effects of wickedness are not confined but rise and spread, impacting not only the immediate environment but also reaching the heavens, symbolizing the awareness and response of God to human sinfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book that bears his name. He prophesied during the reigns of several kings of Judah and is known for his messages of both judgment and hope. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah_and_israel.htm">Judah and Israel</a> The divided kingdoms of God's chosen people during Isaiah's time. The northern kingdom (Israel) and the southern kingdom (Judah) often fell into idolatry and wickedness, prompting prophetic warnings. 3. <a href="/topical/w/wickedness.htm">Wickedness</a> The moral and spiritual corruption prevalent among the people of Israel and Judah, which Isaiah frequently addressed in his prophecies. 4. <a href="/topical/f/fire.htm">Fire</a> A symbol of God's judgment and purification throughout the Bible. In this context, it represents the consuming nature of sin and its consequences. 5. <a href="/topical/b/briers_and_thorns.htm">Briers and Thorns</a> These represent the sinful and unproductive aspects of the people's lives, which are easily consumed by the fire of wickedness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_destructive_nature_of_sin.htm">The Destructive Nature of Sin</a> Sin is not a harmless act; it is like a fire that consumes and destroys everything in its path. We must be vigilant in recognizing and repenting of sin in our lives to prevent its destructive consequences. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_holiness.htm">The Call to Holiness</a> Just as fire purifies, God calls us to live holy lives, set apart from the wickedness that surrounds us. We are to be lights in a dark world, reflecting God's purity and righteousness. <a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_repentance.htm">The Urgency of Repentance</a> The imagery of fire spreading quickly reminds us of the urgency to turn away from sin and seek God's forgiveness. Delaying repentance can lead to greater destruction and separation from God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a> God's judgment is just and righteous. While it may seem severe, it is a necessary response to sin. Understanding this helps us appreciate His grace and mercy even more. <a href="/topical/t/the_hope_of_restoration.htm">The Hope of Restoration</a> Despite the judgment, God always offers hope and restoration to those who turn back to Him. Isaiah's prophecies often include promises of redemption and renewal for the repentant.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 9</a> <a href="/q/does_isaiah_27_7-9_conflict_with_ezekiel_18.htm">Isaiah 27:7-9 describes collective punishment or forgiveness--does this conflict with other Old Testament texts emphasizing individual responsibility (e.g., Ezekiel 18)?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_45_9_relate_to_free_will.htm">How does Isaiah 45:9's analogy of the clay questioning the potter align with human free will and responsibility for evil?</a> <a href="/q/deut._9_4-5__just_or_unjust_god.htm">Deuteronomy 9:4-5 - Does the text's justification for driving out other nations align with moral standards or does it conflict with the idea of a just God?</a> <a href="/q/is_god_capable_of_experiencing_anger.htm">Is God capable of experiencing anger?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) It shall devour the briers and thorns . . .--The words are obviously figurative for men who were base and vile, as in <a href="/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</a>; but the figure may have been suggested by <a href="/context/isaiah/7-23.htm" title="And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand sliver coins, it shall even be for briers and thorns.">Isaiah 7:23-24</a>. The outward desolation, with its rank growth of underwood, was to the prophet's eye a type of the moral condition of his people. And for such a people sin becomes the punishment of sin, and burns like a fire in a forest thicket, leaving the land clear for fresh culture and a better growth. (Comp. <a href="/context/isaiah/33-11.htm" title="You shall conceive chaff, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.">Isaiah 33:11-12</a>; <a href="/james/3-5.htm" title="Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindles!">James 3:5</a>; <a href="/hebrews/6-8.htm" title="But that which bears thorns and briers is rejected, and is near to cursing; whose end is to be burned.">Hebrews 6:8</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18. - Wickedness burneth as the fire; i.e. the contagion of wickedness overspreads a whole nation in the same rapid way that fire spreads over a field of stubble or a forest. They shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke; rather, they - i.e., the forest thickets - shall be whirled upward with the uplifting of smoke. The burning thickets shall mount up with the volumes of smoke into the air, and hang there as a murky but lurid pall. The flames of wickedness give no light to a land, but lunge it in heavy, hopeless gloom. <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/9-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction wickedness רִשְׁעָ֔ה (riš·‘āh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7564.htm">Strong's 7564: </a> Wickedness burns בָעֲרָ֤ה (ḇā·‘ă·rāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1197.htm">Strong's 1197: </a> To kindle, consume, to be, brutish like a fire כָאֵשׁ֙ (ḵā·’êš) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> A fire that consumes תֹּאכֵ֑ל (tō·ḵêl) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat the thorns וָשַׁ֖יִת (wā·ša·yiṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7898.htm">Strong's 7898: </a> Scrub, trash, wild growth of weeds, briers and briers שָׁמִ֥יר (šā·mîr) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8068.htm">Strong's 8068: </a> A thorn, a gem, the diamond and kindles וַתִּצַּת֙ (wat·tiṣ·ṣaṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3341.htm">Strong's 3341: </a> To burn, set on fire, to desolate the forest הַיַּ֔עַר (hay·ya·‘ar) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3293.htm">Strong's 3293: </a> A copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb thickets בְּסִֽבְכֵ֣י (bə·siḇ·ḵê) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5442.htm">Strong's 5442: </a> A thicket which roll upward וַיִּֽתְאַבְּכ֖וּ (way·yiṯ·’ab·bə·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_55.htm">Strong's 55: </a> To coil upward in columns גֵּא֥וּת (gê·’ūṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1348.htm">Strong's 1348: </a> Arrogance, majesty, ornament of smoke. עָשָֽׁן׃ (‘ā·šān) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6227.htm">Strong's 6227: </a> Smoke <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/9-18.htm">Isaiah 9:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/9-18.htm">Isaiah 9:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/9-18.htm">Isaiah 9:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/9-18.htm">Isaiah 9:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/9-18.htm">Isaiah 9:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/9-18.htm">Isaiah 9:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/9-18.htm">Isaiah 9:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/9-18.htm">Isaiah 9:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/9-18.htm">Isaiah 9:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/9-18.htm">Isaiah 9:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 9:18 For wickedness burns like a fire (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/9-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 9:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 9:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 9:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 9:19" /></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>