Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



Fire goes before Him
And burns up His adversaries round about.
Verse ConceptsTheophanyBurning People

“Behold, they have become like stubble,
Fire burns them;
They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame;
There will be no coal to warm by
Nor a fire to sit before!
Verse ConceptsCoal, Uses OfBurning PeopleSaving Oneself

For the Lord will execute judgment by fire
And by His sword on all flesh,
And those slain by the Lord will be many.
Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePunishment, By GodGod KillingFire Of JudgementGod KillsGod's Swordpork

For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.” Verse ConceptsFurnacesFaithlessness, As Disobedienceevil, victory overevil, warnings againstPride, Results OfPunishment, By GodRootsAbaseWicked Described AsAbasement Of The ProudThe ProudEvildoersLight As ChaffBurning PeopleResidueThe Proud Will Be Abased

“Are they as straw before the wind,
And like chaff which the storm carries away?
Verse ConceptsStrawWicked Described AsLight As ChaffHurricanes

Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble
And dry grass collapses into the flame,
So their root will become like rot and their blossom blow away as dust;
For they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Verse ConceptsRejecting God's WordDecayGrassRejection Of GodStrawRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRootsPeople RottingBurning Plants

With a noise as of chariots
They leap on the tops of the mountains,
Like the crackling of a flame of fire consuming the stubble,
Like a mighty people arranged for battle.
Verse ConceptsNoiseLeapingWheelsAttacking With ChariotsCreatures JumpingBurning PlantsBangsRumbling

Who has aroused one from the east
Whom He calls in righteousness to His feet?
He delivers up nations before him
And subdues kings.
He makes them like dust with his sword,
As the wind-driven chaff with his bow.
Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGod's Activity In The NationsChaffOut Of The EastLight As Chaff

Like tangled thorns,
And like those who are drunken with their drink,
They are consumed
As stubble completely withered.
Verse Conceptsdrunkards

“Behold, they have become like stubble,
Fire burns them;
They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame;
There will be no coal to warm by
Nor a fire to sit before!
Verse ConceptsCoal, Uses OfBurning PeopleSaving Oneself

Scarcely have they been planted,
Scarcely have they been sown,
Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth,
But He merely blows on them, and they wither,
And the storm carries them away like stubble.
Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodRootsWhirlwindsPeople WitheredMetaphorical Planting

“And in the greatness of Your excellence You overthrow those who rise up against You;
You send forth Your burning anger, and it consumes them as chaff.
Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfAnger Of God, ConsequencesConfrontationGod Angry With The Nations

O my God, make them like the whirling dust,
Like chaff before the wind.
Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsLight As ChaffWeed

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“Therefore I will scatter them like drifting straw
To the desert wind.
Verse Conceptsdispersion, theChaffGod Scattering Israel