Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Fire » Frequently employed as an instrument of divine vengeance
Fire goes before him; on every side it burns up his enemies.
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Look, they are like straw, which the fire burns up; they cannot rescue themselves from the heat of the flames. There are no coals to warm them, no firelight to enjoy.
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For the Lord judges all humanity with fire and his sword; the Lord will kill many.
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Stubble » Figurative » Of wicked people
"For indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up," says the Lord who rules over all. "It will not leave even a root or branch.
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How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?
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Therefore, as flaming fire devours straw, and dry grass disintegrates in the flames, so their root will rot, and their flower will blow away like dust. For they have rejected the law of the Lord who commands armies, they have spurned the commands of the Holy One of Israel.
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They sound like chariots rumbling over mountain tops, like the crackling of blazing fire consuming stubble, like the noise of a mighty army being drawn up for battle.
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Who stirs up this one from the east? Who officially commissions him for service? He hands nations over to him, and enables him to subdue kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, like windblown straw with his bow.
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Surely they will be totally consumed like entangled thorn bushes, like the drink of drunkards, like very dry stubble.
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Look, they are like straw, which the fire burns up; they cannot rescue themselves from the heat of the flames. There are no coals to warm them, no firelight to enjoy.
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Indeed, they are barely planted; yes, they are barely sown; yes, they barely take root in the earth, and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up, and the wind carries them away like straw.
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In the abundance of your majesty you have overthrown those who rise up against you. You sent forth your wrath; it consumed them like stubble.
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O my God, make them like dead thistles, like dead weeds blown away by the wind!
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"The Lord says, 'That is why I will scatter your people like chaff that is blown away by a desert wind.
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