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Isaiah 9:18

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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.

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Isaiah 9:18 in other translations

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.

Isaiah 9:18 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 9:18 in context

  1. 16For those who lead this people lead them astray;
    and those who are led by them are destroyed.
  2. 17Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men,
    neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows;
    for everyone is profane and an evildoer,
    and every mouth speaks folly.
    For all this his anger is not turned away,
    but his hand is stretched out still.
  3. 18For 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.
  4. 19Through Yahweh of Armies’ wrath, the land is burned up;
    and the people are the fuel for the fire.
    No one spares his brother.
  5. 20One will devour on the right hand, and be hungry;
    and he will eat on the left hand, and they will not be satisfied.
    Everyone will eat the flesh of his own arm: