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Isaiah 9:18 - Briers

Isaiah 9:18 - 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.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
For	H3588	כִּי	[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed
wickedness	H7564	רִשְׁעָה	[Noun Feminine] wrong (especially moral)
burneth	H1197	בָּעַר	[Verb] to {kindle} that {is} consume (by fire or by eating); also (as denominative from H1198) to be (become) brutish
as the fire	H784	אֵשׁ	[Noun Feminine] fire (literally or figuratively)
it shall devour	H398	אָכַל	[Verb] to eat (literally or figuratively)
the briers	H8068	שָׁמִיר	[Noun Masculine] a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a {gem} probably the diamond
and thorns	H7898	שַׁיִת	[Noun Masculine] scrub or {trash} that {is} wild growth of weeds or briers (as if put on the field)
and shall kindle	H3341	יָצַת	[Verb] to burn or set on fire; figuratively to desolate
in the thickets	H5442	סְבָךְ	[Noun Masculine] a copse
of the forest	H3293	יַעַר	[Noun Masculine] a copse of bushes; hence a forest; hence honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
and they shall mount up	H55	אָבַךְ	[Verb] probably to coil upward
like the lifting up	H55	אָבַךְ	[Verb] probably to coil upward
of smoke	H6227	עָשָׁן	[Noun Masculine] {smoke} literally or figuratively ({vapor } {dust } anger)

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.