Isaiah 9:17-19

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁷That is why the Lord isn’t happy with their young men,
nor will he show compassion for their orphans and widows.
Every one of them is a godless evildoer,
and every mouth speaks foolishness.

Even after all this, his anger will not disappear,
and he is still ready to use his power.

¹⁸Surely wickedness burns like fire.
It burns up briars and thorns.
It sets the underbrush in the forest on fire,
and it whirls upward in clouds of smoke.
¹⁹The land is scorched by the fury of the Lord of Armies,
and the people are like fuel for the fire.
No one shows concern for others:

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