¹² And the peoples will be as if burned to lime,
    like thorns cut down that are burned in the fire.”

⁴     I have no wrath.
If it gives me thorns and briers,
    I will march to battle against it.
    I will burn it up.^(A)

⁶ But the godless^[a] are all like thorns that are thrown away,
    for they cannot be picked up with the hand;^(A)
7 to touch them one uses an iron bar
    or the shaft of a spear.
    And they are entirely consumed in fire on the spot.^[b]

¹⁷ The light of Israel will become a fire
    and his Holy One a flame,
and it will burn and devour
    his thorns and briers in one day.^(A)