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I am not angry.
    If only the vineyard[a] could give me briers and thorns[b] to battle,
I would march against it,
    and[c] I would burn it all up.
Or else let it lay claim to my protection;
    let it make peace with me,
        yes, let it make peace with me.”

In times to come, Jacob will take root,
    and[d] Israel will blossom, sprout shoots,
        and fill the whole world with fruit.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:4 Lit. only it
  2. Isaiah 27:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads thorns
  3. Isaiah 27:4 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks and
  4. Isaiah 27:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and

    I am not angry.
If only there were briers and thorns confronting me!
    I would march against them in battle;
    I would set them all on fire.(A)
Or else let them come to me for refuge;(B)
    let them make peace(C) with me,
    yes, let them make peace with me.”

In days to come Jacob will take root,(D)
    Israel will bud and blossom(E)
    and fill all the world with fruit.(F)

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