Isaiah 9:18-21

World English Bible

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.
¹⁹Through Yahweh of Armies’ wrath, the land is burned up;
    and the people are the fuel for the fire.
    No one spares his brother.
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:
²¹    Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together shall be against Judah.
For all this his anger is not turned away,
    but his hand is stretched out still.

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Isaiah 9:18-21

New International Version

¹⁸Surely wickedness burns like a fire;^(A)
    it consumes briers and thorns,^(B)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,^(C)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
¹⁹By the wrath^(D) of the Lord Almighty
    the land will be scorched^(E)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;^(F)
    they will not spare one another.^(G)
²⁰On the right they will devour,
    but still be hungry;^(H)
on the left they will eat,^(I)
    but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring^[a]:
²¹    Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh;^(J)
    together they will turn against Judah.^(K)