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18 By the wrath of Adonai-Tzva’ot
    is the land burnt up;
The people are as fuel for the fire.
No one spares his brother.
19 One grabs with the right hand
    but is hungry,
and eats with the left hand
    but is not satisfied.
Everyone will eat the flesh of his own arm—
20 Manasseh will devour Ephraim,
    and Ephraim, Manasseh,
    both are against Judah.
For all this His anger is not turned away,
    yet His hand is outstretched.

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18 Surely wickedness burns like a fire;(A)
    it consumes briers and thorns,(B)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,(C)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the wrath(D) of the Lord Almighty
    the land will be scorched(E)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;(F)
    they will not spare one another.(G)
20 On the right they will devour,
    but still be hungry;(H)
on the left they will eat,(I)
    but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring[a]:

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:20 Or arm