Isa 27:4 | NETfull | STEP | I am not angry. I wish I could confront some thorns and briers! Then I would march against them for battle; I would set them all on fire,

Isaiah 27:4

4 I am not angry.
I wish I could confront some thorns and briers!
Then I would march against them ^{▼▼ Heb “it.” The feminine singular suffix apparently refers back to the expression “thorns and briers,” understood in a collective sense. For other examples of a cohortative expressing resolve after a hypothetical statement introduced by נָתַן with מִי (mi with natan), see Judg 9:29; Jer 9:1–2; Ps 55:6.} for battle;
I would set them ^{▼▼ Heb “it.” The feminine singular suffix apparently refers back to the expression “thorns and briers,” understood in a collective sense.} all on fire,