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
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Bible References
The burnings
Amos 2:1
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
Thorns
Isaiah 9:18
For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
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 37:36
And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
2 Samuel 23:6
But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with the hand;
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Isaiah 29:6
She shall be visited of Jehovah of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.