“For wickedness burns like a fire.It devours the briers and thorns;yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest,and they roll upward in a column of smoke.”
Isaiah 9:18 (WEB)
Context Reading
16For those who lead this people lead them astray;and those who are led by them are destroyed. 17Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men,neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows;for everyone is profane and an evildoer,and every mouth speaks folly.For all this his anger is not turned away,but his hand is stretched out still. 18For wickedness burns like a fire.It devours the briers and thorns;yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest,and they roll upward in a column of smoke. 19Through Yahweh of Armies’ wrath, the land is burned up;and the people are the fuel for the fire.No one spares his brother. 20One will devour on the right hand, and be hungry;and he will eat on the left hand, and they will not be satisfied.Everyone will eat the flesh of his own arm: