Isaiah Chapter 27 verse 4 Holy Bible

ASV Isaiah 27:4

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.
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BBE Isaiah 27:4

My passion is over: if the thorns were fighting against me, I would make an attack on them, and they would be burned up together.
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DARBY Isaiah 27:4

Fury is not in me. Oh that I had briars [and] thorns in battle against me! I would march against them, I would burn them together.
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KJV Isaiah 27:4

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.
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WEB Isaiah 27:4

Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march on them, I would burn them together.
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YLT Isaiah 27:4

Fury is not in Me; Who giveth Me a brier -- a thorn in battle? I step into it, I burn it at once.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Fury is not in me; i.e. "I am not now angered against my vineyard, as on the former occasion (Isaiah 5:4-7); or at any rate my anger now is not fury." (Isaiah frequently ascribes "fury" to God, as in Isaiah 34:2; Isaiah 42:25; Isaiah 51:17, 20, 22; Isaiah 59:18; Isaiah 63:3, 5, 6; Isaiah 66:15.) Who would set the briars and thorns against me in battle? 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. Isaiah 10:17).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Fury is not in me.--Better, 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. 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 Isaiah 9:18; Isaiah 10:17; 2Samuel 23:6-7; Ezekiel 2:6) spring up, he will do battle against them, and consume them utterly.