Bible verse
I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.
Isaiah 27:4 · BSB
The verses around it, from Isaiah 27.
1 In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
2 In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.
3 I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;
4 I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.
5 Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.”
6 In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
7 Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her?
8 By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.
KJV
Fury [is] not in me: who would set the briers [and] thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
ASV
Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together.
ERV
Fury is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together.
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