Isaiah 27:4 Cross References

Isaiah 27:4

4: My anger against Israel will be gone. If I find briers and thorns bothering her, I will burn them up.

But if a field bears thistles and thorns, it is useless. The farmer will condemn that field and burn it.

The LORD, the Light of Israel and the Holy One, will be a flaming fire that will destroy them. In a single night he will burn those thorns and briers, the Assyrians.

He is ready to separate the chaff from the grain with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, storing the grain in his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire."

But the godless are like thorns to be thrown away, for they tear the hand that touches them.

In that day you will sing: "Praise the LORD! He was angry with me, but now he comforts me.

Go home, my people, and lock your doors! Hide until the LORD's anger against your enemies has passed.
Look! The LORD is coming from heaven to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will no longer hide those who have been murdered. They will be brought out for all to see.

On the day when I act, you will tread upon the wicked as if they were dust under your feet," says the LORD Almighty.

This wickedness is like a brushfire. It burns not only briers and thorns but the forests, too. Its burning sends up vast clouds of smoke.

The LORD is slow to get angry, but his power is great, and he never lets the guilty go unpunished. He displays his power in the whirlwind and the storm. The billowing clouds are the dust beneath his feet.
At his command the oceans and rivers dry up, the lush pastures of Bashan and Carmel fade, and the green forests of Lebanon wilt.
In his presence the mountains quake, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles, and its people are destroyed.
Who can stand before his fierce anger? Who can survive his burning fury? His rage blazes forth like fire, and the mountains crumble to dust in his presence.
The LORD is good. When trouble comes, he is a strong refuge. And he knows everyone who trusts in him.

So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while punishing the wicked right up until the day of judgment.

For the LORD has called you back from your grief--as though you were a young wife abandoned by her husband," says your God.
"For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will take you back.
In a moment of anger I turned my face away for a little while. But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you," says the LORD, your Redeemer.
"Just as I swore in the time of Noah that I would never again let a flood cover the earth and destroy its life, so now I swear that I will never again pour out my anger on you.
For the mountains may depart and the hills disappear, but even then I will remain loyal to you. My covenant of blessing will never be broken," says the LORD, who has mercy on you.

You will remember your sins and cover your mouth in silence and shame when I forgive you of all that you have done, says the Sovereign LORD."

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