Obadiah 1:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:20

I know I was wrong. That's why I wanted to be the first one from the northern tribes to meet you.”

Exodus 5:12

The slaves went all over Egypt, looking for straw.

Isaiah 10:17

The holy God, who is the light of Israel, will turn into a fire, and in one day you will go up in flames, just like a thorn bush.

Isaiah 31:9

Their fortress will fall when terror strikes; their army officers will be frightened and run from the battle. This is what the LORD has said, the LORD whose fiery furnace is built on Mount Zion.

Isaiah 47:14

People who trust the stars are as helpless as straw in a flaming fire. No one can even keep warm, sitting by a fire that feeds only on straw.

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 9:18

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

Isaiah 9:19

The LORD All-Powerful was angry and used the people as fuel for a fire that scorched the land. They turned against each other

Jeremiah 11:23

And when I have finished, no one from their families will be left alive.

Ezekiel 37:16

Ezekiel, son of man, get a stick and write on it, “The kingdom of Judah”. Then get another stick and write on it, “The kingdom of Israel”.

Ezekiel 37:19

tell them that I, the LORD, will join together the stick of Israel and the stick of Judah. I will hold them in my hand, and they will become one.

Joel 2:5

They roar over mountains like noisy chariots, or a mighty army ready for battle. They are a forest fire that feasts on straw.

Amos 1:8

I will destroy the king of Ashdod and the ruler of Ashkelon. I will strike down Ekron, and that will be the end of the Philistines. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Amos 5:15

Choose good instead of evil! See that justice is done. Perhaps I, the LORD All-Powerful, will be kind to what's left of your people.

Amos 6:6

You drink all the wine you want and wear expensive perfume, but you don't care about the ruin of your nation.

Obadiah 1:16

I forced the people of Judah to drink the wine of my anger on my sacred mountain. Soon the neighbouring nations must drink their fill— then vanish without a trace.

Micah 5:8

At present they are scattered, but later they will attack, as though they were fierce lions pouncing on sheep. Their enemies will be torn to shreds, with no one to save them;

Nahum 1:10

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

Zechariah 12:6

At that time I will let the clans of Judah be like a ball of fire in a wood pile or a fiery torch in a hay stack. Then Judah will send the surrounding nations up in smoke. And once again the city of Jerusalem will be filled with people.

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!

1 Corinthians 3:12

Whatever we build on that foundation will be tested by fire on the day of judgment. Then everyone will find out if we have used gold, silver, and precious stones, or wood, hay, and straw.