Isaiah 9:19-21

The Voice

¹⁹The Eternal, the Commander of heavenly armies,
    sets our world on fire in His fury.
The rotten people become kindling for the fire,
    turning against one another until no one is spared.
²⁰They slice off what’s on the right and are still hungry;
    they eat what’s on the left and still aren’t satisfied.
And in their voracity, they consume their own.

Ravenous in their greed, no one is spared—not brothers or sisters, not allies or kin.

²¹Manasseh and Ephraim devour each other
and turn their covetous eye south, toward Judah.
Still, God’s anger smolders. His hand is raised; there’s more to come.

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