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
This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Moab because they cremated the bones of the king of Edom, burning them to lime.
Thorns
Isaiah 9:18
"For wickedness has burned like a blaze that consumes briers and thorns; it sets thickets of the forest on fire, and skyward they swirl in a column of smoke.
Isaiah 27:4
I am not angry. If only the vineyard could give me briers and thorns to battle, I would march against it, and I would burn it all up.
Isaiah 37:36
After this, the angel of the LORD went out and put to death 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When Hezekiah's army awakened in the morning there were all the dead bodies!
2 Samuel 23:6
But ungodly men are like thorns that are discarded because they cannot be safely handled.
General references
Isaiah 29:6
you will be visited by the LORD of the Heavenly Armies with thunder, an earthquake, and great noise, with a windstorm, a tempest, and flames from a devouring fire.