Psalm 83:14

New International Reader's Version

Destroy them as fire burns up a forest. Destroy them as a flame sets mountains on fire.

Cross References

Job 21:18

How often are they like straw blowing in the wind? How often are they like tumbleweeds swept away by a storm?

Isaiah 17:13

They sound like the roar of rushing waters. But when the Lord speaks out against them, they run far away. The wind blows them away like straw on the hills. A strong wind drives them along like tumbleweeds.

Isaiah 30:33

In the Valley of Ben Hinnom, Topheth has been prepared for a long time. It has been made ready for the king of Assyria. Its fire pit has been made deep and wide. It has plenty of wood for the fire. The breath of the Lord will be like a stream of burning sulfur. It will set the wood on fire.

Isaiah 9:18

What is evil burns like a fire. It burns up bushes and thorns. It sets the forest on fire. It sends up a huge column of smoke.

Nahum 1:10

His enemies will be tangled up among thorns. Their wine will make them drunk. They’ll be burned up like dry straw.

Nahum 1:6

Who can stand firm when his anger burns? Who can live when he is angry? His anger blazes out like fire. He smashes the rocks to pieces.

Malachi 4:1

“You can be sure the day of the Lord is coming. My anger will burn like a furnace. All those who are proud will be like straw. So will all those who do what is evil. The day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord who rules over all. “Not even a root or a branch will be left to them.

Deuteronomy 32:22

My anger will start a fire. It will burn all the way down to the kingdom of the dead. It will eat up the earth and its crops. It will set the base of the mountains on fire.