Isaiah 9:18-21
New International Version
18 Surely 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.
19 By 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)
20 On 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)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.(L)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 9:20 Or arm
Isaiah 9:18-21
International Standard Version
18 “For wickedness has burned like a blaze
that consumes briers and thorns;
it sets thickets of the forest on fire,
and skyward[a] they swirl
in a column of smoke.
19 From[b] the wrath of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies
the land has been scorched,
and the people have become like fuel for the fire;
no one will spare his neighbor.
20 They cut meat on the right,
but they’re still hungry,
and they devour also[c] on the left,
but they’re not satisfied;
each devours the flesh of his own children.[d]
21 Manasseh devours Ephraim,
and Ephraim devours Manasseh;
together they are against Judah.
“Yet[e] for all this, his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is still stretched out, ready to strike.”[f]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 9:18 Lit. upward
- Isaiah 9:19 So 1QIsaa; MT reads By
- Isaiah 9:20 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lacks also
- Isaiah 9:20 So 4QIsae; or arms; 1QIsaa MT read offspring or arm; LXX reads arm
- Isaiah 9:21 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack Yet
- Isaiah 9:21 DSS MT lack ready to strike
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