Isaiah 9:18
For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
KJV
Succensa est enim quasi ignis impietas : veprem et spinam vorabit, et succendetur in densitate saltus, et convolvetur superbia fumi.
Vulgate
Καὶ καυθήσεται ὡς πῦρ ἡ ἀνομία, καὶ ὡς ἄγρωστις ξηρὰ βρωθήσεται ὑπὸ πυρός· καὶ καυθήσεται ἐν τοῖς δάσεσι τοῦ δρυμοῦ, καὶ συνκαταφάγεται τὰ κύκλῳ τῶν βουνῶν πάντα·
LXX
For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
ASV
בְּ/עֶבְרַ֛ת יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת נֶעְתַּ֣ם אָ֑רֶץ וַ/יְהִ֤י הָ/עָם֙ כְּ/מַאֲכֹ֣לֶת אֵ֔שׁ אִ֥ישׁ אֶל אָחִ֖י/ו לֹ֥א יַחְמֹֽלוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 2:6 — And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed
- Ezek 19:14 — And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
- Ezek 20:47 — And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flam
- Isa 5:24 — Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the
- Isa 34:8 — For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
- Jer 12:16 — And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst o
- Mal 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that i
- Nah 1:10 — For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
- Nah 1:10 — For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
- Ps 29:9 — The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
- Ps 68:2 — As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
- Ps 83:14 — As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
- Ps 83:14 — As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;