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18 Evil is like a small fire.
    First, it burns weeds and thorns.
Next, it burns the larger bushes in the forest,
    and they all go up in a column of smoke.
19 The Lord All-Powerful is angry,
    so the land will be burned.
The people are like fuel for the fire;
    no one will try to save his brother or sister.
20 People will grab something on the right,
    but they will still be hungry.
They will eat something on the left,
    but they will not be filled.
Then they will each turn and eat their own children.

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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