Isaiah 9:18-20

The Voice

^17-18 Even now the Lord takes no joy in a single one, not even the young.
    Mercy has run out for even those without power—the widows and orphans.
For every single person is at fault and behaves badly.
    No one thinks or acts as God would have them do.
Every mouth utters foolishness like a wildfire, out of control;
    wickedness rages, leveling and clearing briars and thorns;
Forests and thickets burn, leaving the whole a smoking heap.
    Still, God’s anger smolders. His hand is raised; there’s more to come.
¹⁹ The 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.
²⁰ They 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.