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
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
שָׂרַף
sâraph
to be (causatively, set) on fire
יָצַת
yâtsath
to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolate
עָב
ʻâb
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
יַעַר
yaʻar
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
גֵּאוּת
gêʼûwth
{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
עָשָׁן
ʻâshân
smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger)
Key Terms in This Verse
עָב ʻâb
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
Study H5645 →גֵּאוּת gêʼûwth
{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
Study H1348 →יַעַר yaʻar
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
Study H3293 →Cross References
As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
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...
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 ...
For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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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