Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 27:4

"Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together." — Isaiah 27:4 (ASV)

Fury is not in me. —Better, There is no wrath in me. Who will set briars and thorns before me? With war will I go forth against them; I will burn them up together. The reversal of the sentence is continued. Wrath against this vineyard has passed away from Jehovah. Should briars and thorns (symbols of the enemies of His people, as in Isaiah 9:18; Isaiah 10:17; 2 Samuel 23:6–7; Ezekiel 2:6) spring up, he will do battle against them, and consume them utterly.