Isa 27:4 | NET2full | 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 ^{▼▼tn 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 מִי with נָתָן (mi with natan), see Judg 9:29; Jer 9:1-2; Ps 55:6.} for battle;
I would set them ^{▼▼tn Heb “it.” The feminine singular suffix apparently refers back to the expression “thorns and briers,” understood in a collective sense.} all on fire,