⁴ No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly.

⁶ Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.

²⁹ For our God is a devouring fire.

⁸ But if a field bears thorns and thistles, it is useless. The farmer will soon condemn that field and burn it.

¹² He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire.”

The Coming Day of Judgment

4 ^[a]The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all.

“This is a funeral song, and it will be used in a funeral.”