27:4 I am not angry.
I wish I could confront some thorns and briers!
Then I would march against them 1 for battle;
I would set them 2 all on fire,
27:5 unless they became my subjects 3
and made peace with me;
let them make peace with me. 4
27:6 The time is coming when Jacob will take root; 5
Israel will blossom and grow branches.
The produce 6 will fill the surface of the world. 7
27:7 Has the Lord struck down Israel like he did their oppressors? 8
Has Israel been killed like their enemies? 9
27:8 When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; 10
he drives her away 11 with his strong wind in the day of the east wind. 12