Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
The burnings
General references
Bible References
The burnings
Amos 2:1
The Lord says:
I will not relent from punishing Moab
for three crimes, even four,
because he burned the bones
of the king of Edom to lime.
for three crimes, even four,
because he burned the bones
of the king of Edom to lime.
Thorns
Isaiah 9:18 For wickedness burns like a fire
that consumes thorns and briers
and kindles the forest thickets
so that they go up in a column of smoke.
that consumes thorns and briers
and kindles the forest thickets
so that they go up in a column of smoke.
Isaiah 27:4 I am not angry,
but if it produces thorns and briers for Me,
I will fight against it, trample it,
and burn it to the ground.
but if it produces thorns and briers
I will fight against it, trample it,
and burn it to the ground.
Isaiah 37:36
Then the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!
2 Samuel 23:6 But all the wicked are like thorns raked aside;
they can never be picked up by hand.
they can never be picked up by hand.
General references
Isaiah 29:6 you will be visited by the Lord of Hosts
with thunder, earthquake, and loud noise,
storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire.
with thunder, earthquake, and loud noise,
storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire.