Psalms 83:14
As fire consumeth the forest, And as flame setteth the mountains in a blaze,
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
In Context
13Make them, O my God! like whirling chaff; Like stubble before the wind!
15So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm!
Cross References
Isaiah 9:18For wickedness burneth like a fire, It consumeth the briers and thorns, And it kindleth the thicket of the forest, So that it goeth up in columns of smoke.
Isaiah 30:33For long hath the burning place been prepared; Yea, for the king hath it been made ready; The pile is made deep and broad; There is fire and wood in abundance; The breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, kindle it.
Isaiah 64:1O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, and come down; That the mountains might tremble at thy presence,
Nahum 1:6Who can stand before his indignation, And who can abide before the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are cast down by him!
Malachi 4:1For, behold, the day cometh, which shall burn as an oven; Then shall all the proud, And all that do wickedness, be stubble; And the day that cometh shall burn them up, Saith Jehovah of hosts; It shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 83:10-18
Prophetic Imprecations. 9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: 10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. 11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: 12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. 13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. 14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; 15 So persecute them with… Read the whole commentary →