Isaiah 27:4

New International Reader's Version

I am not angry with my vineyard. I wish thorns and bushes would come up in it. Then I would march out against them in battle. I would set all of them on fire.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:6

But evil people are like thorns that are thrown away. You can’t pick them up with your hands.

2 Samuel 23:7

Even if you touch them, you must use an iron tool or a spear. Thorns are burned up right where they are.”

Psalm 103:9

He won’t keep bringing charges against us. He won’t stay angry with us forever.

Psalm 85:3

You stopped being angry with them. You turned your great anger away from them.

Isaiah 10:17

The Lord is the Light of Israel. He will become a fire. Israel’s Holy One will become a flame. In a single day he will burn up all Assyria’s bushes. He will destroy all their thorns.

Isaiah 12:1

In days to come, the people of Israel will sing, “Lord, we will praise you. You were angry with us. But now your anger has turned away from us. And you have brought us comfort.

Isaiah 33:12

The nations will be burned to ashes. They will be like bushes that are cut down and set on fire.

Isaiah 9:18

What is evil burns like a fire. It burns up bushes and thorns. It sets the forest on fire. It sends up a huge column of smoke.

Jeremiah 29:11

I know the plans I have for you,” announces the Lord. “I want you to enjoy success. I do not plan to harm you. I will give you hope for the years to come.

Ezekiel 16:63

I will pay for all the sins you have committed. Then you will remember what you have done. You will be ashamed of it. Because of your shame, you will never speak against me again,” announces the Lord and King.

Malachi 4:3

Then you will stomp on sinful people. They will be like ashes under your feet. That will happen on the day I judge,” says the Lord.

Matthew 3:12

His pitchfork is in his hand to clear the straw from his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the storeroom. But he will burn up the husks with fire that can’t be put out.”

Hebrews 6:8

But other land produces only thorns and weeds. That land isn’t worth anything. It is in danger of coming under God’s curse. In the end, it will be burned.

2 Peter 2:9

Since all this is true, then the Lord knows how to save godly people. He knows how to keep them safe in times of testing. The Lord also knows how to keep ungodly people under guard. He will do so until the day they will be judged and punished.