Revelation 20:9

New International Reader's Version

They marched across the whole earth. They surrounded the place where God’s holy people were camped. It was the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and burned them up.

Cross References

Genesis 19:24

Then the Lord sent down burning sulfur. It came down like rain on Sodom and Gomorrah. It came from the Lord. It came out of the sky.

2 Kings 6:15

The servant of the man of God got up the next morning. He went out early. He saw that an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh no, my master!” the servant said. “What can we do?”

Job 38:18

Do you understand how big the earth is? Tell me, if you know all these things.

Psalm 106:18

Fire blazed among all of them. Flames destroyed those evil people.

Psalm 87:2

He loves the city of Zion more than all the other places where the people of Jacob live.

Psalm 97:3

The Lord sends fire ahead of him. It burns up his enemies all around him.

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 37:36

Then the angel of the Lord went into the camp of the Assyrians. He put to death 185,000 soldiers there. The people of Jerusalem got up the next morning. They looked out and saw all the dead bodies.

Ezekiel 38:16

They will advance against my people Israel. They will be like a cloud covering their land. Gog, in days to come I will bring you against my land. Then the nations will know me. I will use you to prove to them how holy I am.”

Ezekiel 38:22

I will judge you. I will send a plague against you. A lot of blood will be spilled. I will send heavy rain, hailstones and burning sulfur down to the earth. They will fall on you and your troops. They will also come down on the many nations that are helping you.

Ezekiel 38:9

You, all your troops and the many nations with you will march up to attack them. All of you will advance like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering their land.”

Ezekiel 39:6

“I will send fire on the land of Magog. It will burn up the people who live in safety on the coast. So they will know that I am the Lord.

Micah 2:13

I will open the way for you to return. I will march in front of you. You will break through the city gates and go free. I am your King. I will pass through the gates in front of you. I, the Lord, will lead the way.”

Habakkuk 1:6

I am going to send the armies of Babylon to attack you. They are very mean. They move quickly. They sweep across the whole earth. They take over homes that do not belong to them.

Numbers 11:1

The people weren’t happy about the hard times they were having. The Lord heard what they were saying. It made him very angry. Then the Lord sent fire on them. It blazed out among the people. It burned up some of the outer edges of the camp.

Numbers 16:35

Then the Lord sent down fire. It burned up the 250 men offering the incense.

Luke 17:29

But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven. And all the people were destroyed.

Luke 19:43

The days will come when your enemies will arrive. They will build a wall of dirt up against your city. They will surround you and close you in on every side.

Luke 21:20

“A time is coming when you will see armies surround Jerusalem. Then you will know that it will soon be destroyed.

Luke 9:54

The disciples James and John saw this. They asked, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to destroy them?”

Deuteronomy 23:14

The Lord your God walks around in your camp. He’s there to keep you safe. He’s also there to hand your enemies over to you. So your camp must be holy. Then he won’t see anything among you that is shameful. He won’t turn away from you.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

He will punish those who don’t know God. He will punish those who don’t obey the good news about our Lord Jesus.

Hebrews 13:13

So let us go to him outside the camp. Let us be willing to suffer the shame he suffered.

Revelation 11:5

If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and eats up their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.

Revelation 13:13

The second beast performed great signs. It even made fire come from heaven to the earth. And the fire was seen by everyone.