ESV Reformation Study Bible – Deut 32:22
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Deut 32:22

32:22 a fire is kindled . . . to the depths of Sheol. For the figure of God’s anger as a consuming fire, see Ps. 21:9; Jer. 15:14; 17:4. The poetic figure here represents God’s wrath as an all-devouring fire that burns to the deepest grave, consumes the surface of the earth, and reaches to the roots of the mountains.