Isaiah 1:31
And the strong will be as food for the fire, and his work as a flame; and they will be burned together, with no one to put out the fire.
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30For you will be like a tree whose leaves have become dry, and like a garden without water.
Cross References
Judges 15:14And when he came to Lehi, the Philistines came out, meeting him with loud cries; then the spirit of the Lord came rushing on him, and the cords on his arms became like grass which has been burned with fire, and the bands came falling off his hands.
Isaiah 9:19The land was dark with the wrath of the Lord of armies: the people were like those who take men's flesh for food.
Isaiah 27:4My passion is over: if the thorns were fighting against me, I would make an attack on them, and they would be burned up together.
Isaiah 34:9And its streams will be turned into boiling oil, and its dust into burning stone, and all the land will be on fire.
Isaiah 50:11See, all you who make a fire, arming yourselves with burning branches: go in the flame of your fire, and among the branches you have put a light to. This will you have from my hand, you will make your bed in sorrow.
Ezekiel 20:47And say to the woodland of the South, Give ear to the words of the Lord: this is what the Lord has said: See, I will have a fire lighted in you, for the destruction of every green tree in you and every dry tree: the flaming flame will not be put out, and all faces from the south to the north will be burned by it.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 1:22-31
The Degeneracy of Jerusalem; Reformation of the Church. ( b. c. 738.) 21 How is the faithful city become a harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. 22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: 23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. 24 Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I… Read the whole commentary →