(A)But the worthless, every one of them, are like scattered thorns,
Because they cannot be taken in hand;
Instead, the man who touches them
Must be [a]armed with iron and the shaft of a spear,
And (B)they will be completely burned with fire in their [b]place.”

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  1. 2 Samuel 23:7 Lit filled
  2. 2 Samuel 23:7 Lit sitting

But evil men are all to be cast aside like thorns,(A)
    which are not gathered with the hand.
Whoever touches thorns
    uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear;
    they are burned up where they lie.”

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17 And the (A)Light of Israel will become a fire and [a]Israel’s (B)Holy One a flame,
And it will (C)burn and devour [b]his thorns and his briars in a single day.

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  1. Isaiah 10:17 Lit his
  2. Isaiah 10:17 I.e., the Assyrian king’s forces

17 The Light of Israel will become a fire,(A)
    their Holy One(B) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns(C) and his briers.(D)

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I have no wrath.
Should [a]someone give Me (A)briars and thorns in battle,
Then I would step on them, (B)I would burn them [b]completely.

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  1. Isaiah 27:4 Lit who
  2. Isaiah 27:4 Lit altogether

    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.(A)

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