Isaiah 9:17-19

Contemporary English Version

¹⁷ The Lord was angry with his people and kept punishing them, because they had turned against him.^[a] They were evil and spoke foolishly. That's why he did not have pity on their young people or on their widows and orphans.

¹⁸ Evil had spread like a raging forest fire sending thornbushes up in smoke. ¹⁹ The Lord All-Powerful was angry and used the people as fuel for a fire that scorched the land. They turned against each other