Isaiah 9:18

New King James Version

¹⁸For wickedness ^(A)burns as the fire;
It shall devour the briers and thorns,
And kindle in the thickets of the forest;
They shall mount up like rising smoke.

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Isaiah 9:18

New International Version

¹⁸Surely wickedness burns like a fire;^(A)
it consumes briers and thorns,^(B)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,^(C)
so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.

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Isaiah 9:18

King James Version

¹⁸For 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.

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