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18 The land was set ablaze
    by the wrath of the Lord of hosts,
and the people became like fuel for the fire;
    no one spared his brother.
19 They gorged on the right but were still hungry;
    they devoured on the left but were not satisfied;
    many ate the flesh of their own offspring.
20 Manasseh devoured Ephraim,
    and Ephraim devoured Manasseh;
    together they turned against Judah.

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18 Surely 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.
19 By the wrath(D) of the Lord Almighty
    the land will be scorched(E)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;(F)
    they will not spare one another.(G)
20 On the right they will devour,
    but still be hungry;(H)
on the left they will eat,(I)
    but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring[a]:

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:20 Or arm