Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
It consumes briars and thorns;
It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame
And they roll upward in a column of smoke.
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
that consumes thorns and briers
and kindles the forest thickets
so that they go up in a column of smoke.
International Standard Version
"For wickedness has burned like a blaze that consumes briers and thorns; it sets thickets of the forest on fire, and skyward they swirl in a column of smoke.
A Conservative Version
For wickedness burns as the fire. It devours the briers and thorns. Yea, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
For wickedness burns like a fire;
It consumes briars and thorns,
It even sets the forest thickets ablaze;
And it swirls upward in a column of smoke.
Bible in Basic English
For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.
Darby Translation
For wickedness burneth as a fire: it devoureth briars and thorns, and kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they go rolling up like a pillar of smoke.
Julia Smith Translation
For wickedness burnt as fire; the sharp point and the thorn it shall consume, and shall burn in the thickets of the forest, and they shall roll up in the mounting up of smoke.
King James 2000
For wickedness burns as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the rising of smoke.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For wickedness burned like fire; it consumed brier and thorn. And it kindled the thickets of the forest, and they swirled upward [in] a column of smoke.
Modern King James verseion
For wickedness burns like the fire; it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall roll upwards like the lifting up of smoke.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the ungodly burn, as a fire in the briers and thorns: And as it were out of a fire in a wood or a red bush, so ascendeth the smoke of their pride.
NET Bible
For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.
New Heart English Bible
For 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.
The Emphasized Bible
For lawlessness, hath consumed like fire, Briars and thorns, doth it devour, - Yea it hath kindled upon the thickets of the forest, And they have rolled up as a column of smoke.
Webster
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 rising of smoke.
World English Bible
For 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.
Youngs Literal Translation
For burned as a fire hath wickedness, Brier and thorn it devoureth, And it kindleth in thickets of the forest, And they lift themselves up, an exaltation of smoke!
Themes
Ephraim » A tribe of israel » Prophecy concerning
Fire » Illustrative of » Wickedness
Forests » Illustrative » (destroyed by fire,) of destruction of the wicked
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 9:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Anger Against Arrogance
17
That is why Jehovah did not rejoice in their young people, nor show compassion to their orphans and widows. Everyone was godless and an evildoer, and every mouth spoke wickedness (foolishness) (vileness). In all this his anger has not turned away. His hand is stretched out still (ready to apply his power).
18
It consumes briars and thorns;
It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame
And they roll upward in a column of smoke.
Phrases
Cross References
Malachi 4:1
Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: The day is coming when all arrogant and evil people will burn like stubble. On that day they will burn up and there will be nothing left of them, either root or bough.
Psalm 83:14
Like the fire that consumes the forest, the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
Nahum 1:10
Entangled like thorns and drunken from drink, they are consumed like dry stubble.
Numbers 11:1-3
The people complained out loud to Jehovah about their troubles. Jehovah heard them and he became angry. Fire from Jehovah burned among them. It destroyed some people on the outskirts of the camp.
Deuteronomy 32:22
My anger has started a fire that will burn into the depths of the grave. It will consume the earth and its crops and set the foundations of the mountains on fire.
Job 31:11-12
For that would have been shameful (a crime), a sin to be judged.
Psalm 37:20
But the wicked will perish! The enemies of Jehovah will be like the glory of the pastures. They vanish, like smoke they vanish away.
Isaiah 1:31
Strong people will become tinder for a fire. Their work will be the spark. Both of them will burn together. There will be no one to put out the fire.
Isaiah 5:24
You will go up in flames like straw and hay! You have rejected the law of the holy God Jehovah the All-Powerful Holy One of Israel. Now your roots will rot, and your blossoms will turn to dust.
Isaiah 10:16-18
That is why the Almighty Jehovah of Hosts will send a degenerative disease against brave men. A flame will be turned into a raging fire under his power.
Isaiah 27:4
I am not angry. If only there were briers and thorns confronting me! I would march against them in battle. I would set them all on fire.
Isaiah 30:30
Jehovah will make his majestic voice heard. He will come with all his might, with furious anger, with firestorms, windstorms, rainstorms, and hailstones.
Isaiah 30:33
Topheth was prepared long ago. It was made ready for the king. It was made deep and wide and piled high with plenty of burning logs. Jehovah's breath will be like a flood of burning sulfur, setting it on fire.
Isaiah 33:12
The peoples will be burned as if to lime. Like thorn bushes they will be set ablaze.
Isaiah 34:8-10
Jehovah will have a day of vengeance! He will have a year of retribution (recompense) in defense of Zion.
Isaiah 66:16-17
Jehovah will judge with fire, and he will judge all people with his sword. Jehovah will strike many people dead.
Ezekiel 20:47-48
Tell the forest in the Negev: 'Listen to the word of Jehovah. This is what the Lord Jehovah says: I am about to set fire to you to destroy all your green trees and all your dry trees. The blazing fire will not be put out. It will burn the whole land from the south to the north.
Hosea 13:3
That is why they will be like fog in the morning and like morning dew that disappears quickly. They will be like straw blown away from threshing floors. They will be like smoke rising from chimneys.
Joel 2:20
I will remove the northern army far from you. I will drive it into a land barren and desolate. Its advance troops into the eastern sea and its rearguard into the western sea. It has done great things so its stench shall arise and its foul smell shall come up.
Amos 7:4
The Lord Jehovah showed me and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called for judgement (contention) by fire and it devoured the great deep. It would have eaten up the land.
Nahum 1:6
Who can stand before his indignation (displeasure)? Who can resist (withstand) (endure) the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken to pieces by him.
Matthew 13:49-50
It will be that way at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous.
Matthew 25:41
Then he will tell those on his left: 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the ever-burning fire that is prepared for the Devil and his [fallen] angels.
Mark 9:43-50
If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It would be better to enter into life maimed then, having two hands to be destroyed in the ever-burning trash fires in the Valley of Hinnom. (Greek: Gehenna)
Hebrews 6:8
That which bears thorns and briars is rejected, and is near to being cursed. It ends up being burned.
Revelation 14:11
The smoke of their torment will ascend forever and ever. They who worship the beast and his image and receive the mark of his name have no rest day or night.