Matthew 3:12
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.”
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Psalms 35:5Let them be as chaff before the wind, 2 Ha mal'ak Yahweh [The Angel of He sustains breathing] driving them on. 1
Isaiah 5:24Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, 2 and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, 2 so their root shall be as rottenness, 2 and their blossom shall go up as dust; 1 because they have rejected the Torah ·Teaching· of Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], 2 and despised the word of haKadosh Isra'el [the Holy One of God prevails]. 1
Isaiah 28:28Bread flour must be ground; so he will not always be threshing it. Although he drives the wheel of his threshing cart over it, his horses don’t grind it.
Isaiah 41:16You will winnow them, 2 and the wind will carry them away, 2 and the whirlwind will scatter them. 1 You will rejoice in Adonai. 2 You will glory in haKadosh Isra'el [the Holy One of God prevails]. 1
Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:8-13
The Preaching of John the Baptist. 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: 9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not… Read the whole commentary →