Isaiah 9:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Evil had spread like a raging forest fire sending thorn bushes up in smoke.

Cross References

1 Kings 16:21

After Zimri died, some of the Israelites wanted Tibni son of Ginath to be king, but others wanted Omri.

Psalm 37:20

Wicked people are enemies of the LORD and will vanish like smoke from a field on fire.

Psalm 68:2

Scatter them like smoke! When you come near, make them melt like wax in a fire.

Psalm 83:14

Just as flames destroy forests on the mountains,

Isaiah 1:31

Your strongest leaders will be like dry wood set on fire by their idols. No one will be able to help, as they all go up in flames.

Isaiah 1:7

Your country lies in ruins; your towns are in ashes. Foreigners and strangers take and destroy your land while you watch.

Isaiah 26:11

Your hand is raised and ready to punish them, but they don't see it. Put them to shame! Show how much you care for us and throw them into the fire intended for your enemies.

Isaiah 27:4

I am no longer angry. But if it produces thorns, I will go to war against it and burn it to the ground.

Isaiah 3:5

You will each be cruel to friends and neighbours. Young people will insult their elders; no one will show respect to those who deserve it.

Isaiah 30:30

The LORD will get furious. His fearsome voice will be heard, his arm will be seen ready to strike, and his anger will be like a destructive fire, followed by thunderstorms and hailstones.

Isaiah 30:33

Long ago the LORD got a place ready for burning the body of the dead king. The place for the fire is deep and wide, the wood is piled high, and the LORD will start the fire by breathing out flaming sulphur.

Isaiah 33:12

You will be burnt to ashes like thorns in a fire.

Isaiah 33:14

Those terrible sinners on Mount Zion tremble as they ask in fear, “How can we possibly live where a raging fire never stops burning?”

Isaiah 5:24

You will go up in flames like straw and hay! You have rejected the teaching of the holy LORD God All-Powerful of Israel. Now your roots will rot, and your blossoms will turn to dust.

Isaiah 50:11

Go ahead and walk in the light of the fires you have lit. But with his own hand, the LORD will punish you and make you suffer.

Jeremiah 9:3

The LORD replied: Lies come from the mouths of my people, like arrows from a bow. With each dishonest deed their power increases, and not one of them will admit that I am God.

Hosea 13:3

And so, all of you will vanish like the mist or the dew of early morning, or husks of grain in the wind or smoke from a chimney.

Joel 2:20

An army attacked from the north, but I will chase it into a scorching desert. There it will rot and stink from the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean.” The LORD works wonders

Joel 2:3

Fiery flames surround them; no one escapes. Before they invaded, the land was like Eden; now only a desert remains.

Amos 7:4

The LORD showed me that he is going to send a ball of fire to burn up everything on earth, including the sea.

Obadiah 1:18

Israel will be a fire, and Edom will be straw going up in flames. The LORD has spoken!

Nahum 1:10

They are like drunkards overcome by wine, or like dry thorn bushes burning in a fire.

Nahum 1:6

Who can stand the heat of his furious anger? It flashes out like fire and shatters stones.

Malachi 4:1

The day of judgment is certain to come. And it will be like a red-hot furnace with flames that burn up proud and sinful people, as though they were straw. Not a branch or a root will be left. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken!

Matthew 25:41

Then the king will say to those on his left, “Get away from me! You are under God's curse. Go into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels!

Deuteronomy 32:22

“My people, I will breathe out fire that sends you down to the world of the dead. It will scorch your farmlands and burn deep down under the mountains.

Hebrews 6:8

But land that produces only thorn bushes is worthless. It is likely to fall under God's curse, and in the end it will be set on fire.

Revelation 14:11

If you worship the beast and the idol and accept the mark of its name, you will be tortured day and night. The smoke from your torture will go up for ever and ever, and you will never be able to rest.