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Isaiah 27:4
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.
Isaiah 27:4 · World English Bible
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Isaiah 27:4 in other translations
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.
I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.
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.
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In context
1 In that day, the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan, the twisted serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.
2 In that day, sing to her, “A pleasant vineyard!
3 I, the LORD, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.
4 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.
5 Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me. Let him make peace with me.”
6 In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bud. They will fill the surface of the world with fruit.
7 Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or are they killed like those who killed them were killed?
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