Isaiah 5:24

New American Bible - revised edition

Therefore, as the tongue of fire licks up stubble, as dry grass shrivels in the flame, Their root shall rot and their blossom scatter like dust; For they have rejected the instruction of the Lord of hosts, and scorned the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:22

Whom have you insulted and blasphemed, at whom have you raised your voice And lifted up your eyes on high? At the Holy One of Israel!

Nehemiah 9:26

But they were contemptuous and rebelled against you: they cast your law behind their backs. They murdered your prophets who bore witness against them to bring them back to you: they were guilty of great insults.

Job 18:16

Below, his roots dry up, and above, his branches wither.

Job 8:17

About a heap of stones his roots are entwined; among the rocks he takes hold.

Psalm 50:17

You hate discipline; you cast my words behind you!

Exodus 15:7

In your great majesty you overthrew your adversaries; you loosed your wrath to consume them like stubble.

Exodus 5:12

The people, then, scattered throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw,

Isaiah 1:31

The strong tree shall turn to tinder, and the one who tends it shall become a spark; Both of them shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench them.

Isaiah 1:4

Ah! Sinful nation, people laden with wickedness, evil offspring, corrupt children! They have forsaken the Lord, spurned the Holy One of Israel, apostatized,

Isaiah 24:6

Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants pay for their guilt; Therefore they who dwell on earth have dwindled, and only a few are left.

Isaiah 26:11

Lord, your hand is raised high, but they do not perceive it; Let them be put to shame when they see your zeal for your people: let the fire prepared for your enemies consume them.

Isaiah 30:12

Therefore, thus says the Holy One of Israel: Because you reject this word, And put your trust in oppression and deceit, and depend on them,

Isaiah 30:9

For this is a rebellious people, deceitful children, Children who refuse to listen to the instruction of the Lord;

Isaiah 47:14

See, they are like stubble, fire consumes them; They cannot deliver themselves from the spreading flames. This is no warming ember, no fire to sit before!

Isaiah 7:9

The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. Within sixty-five years, Ephraim shall be crushed, no longer a nation. Unless your faith is firm, you shall not be firm! Emmanuel.

Isaiah 8:6

Because this people has rejected the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, And melts with fear at the display of Rezin and Remaliah’s son,

Isaiah 9:18

At the wrath of the Lord of hosts the land quakes, and the people are like fuel for fire; no one spares his brother.

Isaiah 9:19

They hack on the right, but remain hungry; they devour on the left, but are not filled. Each devours the flesh of the neighbor;

Jeremiah 6:19

See, I bring evil upon this people, the fruit of their own schemes, Because they did not pay attention to my words, because they rejected my law.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise are put to shame, terrified, and trapped; Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what sort of wisdom do they have?

Ezekiel 15:6

Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Like vine wood among forest trees, which I have given as fuel for fire, So I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Hosea 11:9

I will not give vent to my blazing anger, I will not destroy Ephraim again; For I am God and not a man, the Holy One present among you; I will not come in wrath.

Hosea 5:12

I am like a moth for Ephraim, like rot for the house of Judah.

Hosea 9:16

Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up; they will bear no fruit. Were they to bear children, I would slay the beloved of their womb.

Joel 2:5

Like the rumble of chariots they hurtle across mountaintops; Like the crackling of fiery flames devouring stubble; Like a massive army in battle formation.

Amos 2:4

Thus says the Lord: For three crimes of Judah, and now four— I will not take it back— Because they spurned the instruction of the Lord, and did not keep his statutes; Because the lies which their ancestors followed have led them astray,

Amos 2:9

Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites before them, who were as tall as cedars, and as strong as oak trees. I destroyed their fruit above and their roots beneath.

Nahum 1:10

Like a thorny thicket, they are tangled, and like drunkards, they are drunk; like dry stubble, they are utterly consumed.

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing fan is in his hand. He will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.” The Baptism of Jesus.

Luke 10:16

Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.” Return of the Seventy-two.

Luke 3:17

His winnowing fan is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”

Luke 7:30

but the Pharisees and scholars of the law, who were not baptized by him, rejected the plan of God for themselves.)

John 12:48

Whoever rejects me and does not accept my words has something to judge him: the word that I spoke, it will condemn him on the last day,

Acts 13:41

‘Look on, you scoffers, be amazed and disappear. For I am doing a work in your days, a work that you will never believe even if someone tells you.’”

Deuteronomy 28:24

For rain the Lord will give your land powdery dust, which will come down upon you from the heavens until you are destroyed.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore, whoever disregards this, disregards not a human being but God, who [also] gives his holy Spirit to you. Mutual Charity.

1 Samuel 15:23

For a sin of divination is rebellion, and arrogance, the crime of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord in turn has rejected you as king.” Rejection of Saul.

1 Samuel 15:26

But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you, because you rejected the word of the Lord and the Lord has rejected you as king of Israel.”