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Isaiah 27:4
New English Translation
Isaiah 27:4
New English Translation
4 I am not angry.
I wish I could confront some thorns and briers!
Then I would march against them[a] for battle;
I would set them[b] all on fire,
Footnotes
- Isaiah 27:4 tn Heb “it.” The feminine singular suffix apparently refers back to the expression “thorns and briers,” understood in a collective sense. For other examples of a cohortative expressing resolve after a hypothetical statement introduced by מִי with נָתָן (mi with natan), see Judg 9:29; Jer 9:1-2; Ps 55:6.
- Isaiah 27:4 tn Heb “it.” The feminine singular suffix apparently refers back to the expression “thorns and briers,” understood in a collective sense.
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