For a fireis kindledin My anger,And burnsto the lowestpartof Sheol,And consumesthe earthwith its yield,And setson firethe foundationsof the mountains.
BowYour heavens,O LORD,and comedown;Touchthe mountains,that they may smoke.
You will makethem as a fieryovenin the timeof your anger;The LORDwill swallowthem up in His wrath,And firewill devourthem.
Thereforewe will not fear,though the earthshould changeAnd though the mountainsslipinto the heartof the sea;
Like firethat burnsthe forestAnd like a flamethat setsthe mountainson fire,
For Your lovingkindnesstowardme is great,And You have deliveredmy soulfrom the depthsof Sheol.
FiregoesbeforeHim And burnsup His adversariesroundabout.
Therefore,a cursedevoursthe earth,and those who livein it are heldguilty.Therefore,the inhabitantsof the earthare burned,and fewmenare left.
For Tophethhas longbeen ready,Indeed,it has been preparedfor the king.He has madeit deepand large,A pyreof firewith plentyof wood;The breathof the LORD,like a torrentof brimstone,setsit afire.
"For the mountainsmay be removedand the hillsmay shake,But My lovingkindnesswill not be removedfrom you, And My covenantof peacewill not be shaken,"Saysthe LORDwho hascompassionon you.
"Then I will cause your enemiesto bring[it] Into a landyou do not know;For a firehas beenkindledin My anger,It will burnupon you."
And you will, even of yourself, letgoof your inheritanceThat I gaveyou; And I will make you serveyour enemiesIn the landwhichyou do not know;For you have kindleda firein My angerWhich will burnforever.
"Circumciseyourselves to the LORDAnd removethe foreskinsof your heart,Menof Judahand inhabitantsof Jerusalem,OrelseMy wrathwill goforthlike fireAnd burnwith noneto quenchit, Becauseof the evilof your deeds."
The Lordhas swallowedup; He has not sparedAllthe habitationsof Jacob.In His wrathHe has throwndownThe strongholdsof the daughterof Judah;He has brought[them] downto the ground;He has profanedthe kingdomand its princes.
In fierceangerHe has cutoffAllthe strengthof Israel;He has drawnbackHis righthandFrom beforethe enemy.And He has burnedin Jacoblike a flamingfireConsumingroundabout.
He has bentHis bowlike an enemy;He has setHis righthandlike an adversaryAnd slainallthat were pleasantto the eye;In the tentof the daughterof ZionHe has pouredout His wrathlike fire.
The LORDhas accomplishedHis wrath,He has pouredout His fierceanger;And He has kindleda firein ZionWhich has consumedits foundations.
But it was pluckedup in fury;It was castdownto the ground;And the eastwinddriedup its fruit.Its strongbranchwas tornoffSo that it withered;The fireconsumedit.
I will gatheryou and blowon you with the fireof My wrath,and you will be meltedin the midstof it.
thereforethussaysthe LordGOD,"Surelyin the fireof My jealousyI have spokenagainstthe restof the nations,and againstallEdom,whoappropriatedMy landfor themselves as a possessionwith wholeheartedjoy[and] with scornof soul,to driveit out for a prey."
"In My zealand in My blazingwrathI declare[that] on that daythere will surelybe a greatearthquakein the landof Israel.
Your strengthwill be spentuselessly,for your landwill not yieldits produceand the treesof the landwill not yieldtheir fruit.
"Seekthe LORDthat you may live,OrHe will breakforthlike a fire,O houseof Joseph,And it will consumewith noneto quench[it] for Bethel,
Thusthe LordGODshowedme, and behold,the LordGODwas callingto contend[with them] by fire,and it consumedthe greatdeepand began to consumethe farmland.
The mountainswill meltunderHim And the valleyswill be split,Like waxbeforethe fire,Like waterpoureddowna steepplace.
The mountainssawYou [and] quaked;The downpourof waterssweptby. The deeputteredforthits voice,It liftedhighits hands.
Neithertheir silvernortheir goldWill be ableto deliverthem On the dayof the LORD'Swrath;And allthe earthwill be devouredIn the fireof His jealousy,For He will makea completeend,Indeeda terrifyingone, Of allthe inhabitantsof the earth.
"Thereforewaitfor Me," declaresthe LORD,"For the daywhen I riseup as a witness.Indeed,My decisionis to gathernations,To assemblekingdoms,To pourout on them My indignation,AllMy burninganger;For allthe earthwill be devouredBy the fireof My zeal.
So they and allthat belonged to them wentdownaliveto Sheol;and the earthclosedoverthem, and they perishedfrom the midstof the assembly.
Firealso cameforthfrom the LORDand consumedthe two hundredand fiftymenwho were offeringthe incense.
"Do not fearthosewho killthe bodybut are unableto killthe soul;but ratherfearHim who is ableto destroybothsouland bodyin hell.
"Ifyour eyecauses you to stumble,pluckit out and throwit from you. It is betterfor you to enterlifewith one eye,thanto havetwoeyesand be castinto the fieryhell.
"You serpents,you broodof vipers,howwill you escapethe sentenceof hell?
"The LORDshall neverbe willingto forgivehim, but ratherthe angerof the LORDand His jealousywill burnagainst that man,and everycursewhich is writtenin thisbookwill reston him, and the LORDwill blotout his namefrom underheaven.
dealingout retributionto thosewho do not knowGodand to thosewho do not obeythe gospelof our LordJesus.
for our Godis a consumingfire.
