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.

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

As wax

The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

as when fire kindleth the brushwood, and the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!

And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.

At the presence

Thou, even thou, art to be feared; And who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:

and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

General references

And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah: It shall rejoice in his salvation.