Isaiah 1:31
The strong man will be like tinder, and his work like a spark; 1 they will both burn together, and no one will quench them.”
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30For you will be like an oak whose leaf fades, 1 and like a garden that has no water. 1
Cross References
Judges 15:14When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting as they met him. Then Yahweh's Spirit came on him with power. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and they fell off his hands.
Isaiah 9:19Through the fury of Yahweh of hosts the land is scorched, and the people are like fuel for the fire. 1 No man spares his brother. 1
Isaiah 27:4I am not angry, Oh, that there were briers and thorns! 1 In battle I would march against them; I would burn them all together; 1
Isaiah 34:9The streams of Edom will be turned into pitch, her dust into sulfur, 1 and her land will become burning pitch. 1
Isaiah 50:11Look, all you who light fires, who equip yourselves with torches: 1 walk in the light of your fire and in the flames that you have ignited. 1 This is what you have received from me: You will lie down in a place of pain.
Ezekiel 20:47Say to the forest of the Negev, 'This is Yahweh's declaration—the Lord Yahweh says this: See, I will set a fire among you. It will devour every fresh tree and every dried tree among you. The fiery flame will not be quenched; every face from the south to the north will be burned.
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 →