18 (A)For wickedness burns like a fire;
It consumes briars and thorns;
It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame
And they roll upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the (B)fury of the Lord of hosts the (C)land is burned up,
And the (D)people are like fuel for the fire;
No (E)man spares his brother.
20 [a]They slice off what is on the right hand but still are (F)hungry,
And [b]they eat what is on the left hand but they are not satisfied;
Each of them eats the (G)flesh of his own arm.

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  1. Isaiah 9:20 Lit he slices
  2. Isaiah 9:20 Lit he eats

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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  1. Isaiah 9:20 Or arm