Isaiah 9:18

Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data

"For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For

רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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שָׂרַף

sâraph

H8313

to be (causatively, set) on fire

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as the

אֵשׁ

ʼêsh

H784

fire (literally or figuratively)

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it shall

אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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the

סָרָב

çârâb

H5621

a thistle

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and

צָנִין

tsânîyn

H6796

a thorn

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and shall

יָצַת

yâtsath

H3341

to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolate

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in the

עָב

ʻâb

H5645

properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse

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of the

יַעַר

yaʻar

H3293

a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)

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and they shall

הַר

har

H2022

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

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up

דָּמָה

dâmâh

H1819

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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the

גֵּאוּת

gêʼûwth

H1348

{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}

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up of

עָשָׁן

ʻâshân

H6227

smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger)

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Key Terms in This Verse

thickets H5645

עָב ʻâb

properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse

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lifting H1348

גֵּאוּת gêʼûwth

{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}

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briers H5621

סָרָב çârâb

a thistle

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burneth H8313

שָׂרַף sâraph

to be (causatively, set) on fire

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kindle H3341

יָצַת yâtsath

to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolate

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forest H3293

יַעַר yaʻar

a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)

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smoke H6227

עָשָׁן ʻâshân

smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger)

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thorns H6796

צָנִין tsânîyn

a thorn

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devour H398

אָכַל ʼâkal

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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wickedness H7451

רַע raʻ

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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Cross References

Psalm 83:14 cross-reference

As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

Malachi 4:1 cross-reference

For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that i...

Isaiah 5:24 cross-reference

Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the ...

Nahum 1:10 cross-reference

For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

Psalm 37:20 cross-reference

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

Hosea 13:3 cross-reference

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

Isaiah 1:31 cross-reference

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

Isaiah 30:30 cross-reference

And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and te...

Amos 7:4 cross-reference

Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

Hebrews 6:8 cross-reference

But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

Isaiah 33:12 cross-reference

And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

Nahum 1:6 cross-reference

Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

Deuteronomy 32:22 cross-reference

For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Revelation 14:11 cross-reference

And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

Isaiah 30:33 cross-reference

For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle...

Isaiah 27:4 cross-reference

Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

Joel 2:20 cross-reference

But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink sh...

Matthew 25:41 cross-reference

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

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