Obadiah 18
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18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire,
And the house of Joseph (A)a flame;
But the house of Esau shall be stubble;
They shall kindle them and devour them,
And no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau,”
For the Lord has spoken.
Zechariah 12:6
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6 In that day I will make the governors of Judah (A)like a firepan in the woodpile, and like a fiery torch in the sheaves; they shall devour all the surrounding peoples on the right hand and on the left, but Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place—Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 10:17
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17 So the Light of Israel will be for a fire,
And his Holy One for a flame;
(A)It will burn and devour
His thorns and his briers in one day.
Micah 5:8
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8 And the remnant of Jacob
Shall be among the Gentiles,
In the midst of many peoples,
Like a (A)lion among the beasts of the forest,
Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
Who, if he passes through,
Both treads down and tears in pieces,
And none can deliver.
Joel 2:5
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5 (A)With a noise like chariots
Over mountaintops they leap,
Like the noise of a flaming fire that devours the stubble,
Like a strong people set in battle array.
Isaiah 5:24
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24 Therefore, (A)as the [a]fire devours the stubble,
And the flame consumes the chaff,
So (B)their root will be as rottenness,
And their blossom will ascend like dust;
Because they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:24 Lit. tongue of fire
1 Corinthians 3:12
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12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
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Nahum 1:10
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10 For while tangled (A)like thorns,
(B)And while drunken like drunkards,
(C)They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.
Obadiah 16
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16 (A)For as you drank on My holy mountain,
So shall all the nations drink continually;
Yes, they shall drink, and swallow,
And they shall be as though they had never been.
Obadiah 9-10
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9 Then your (A)mighty men, O (B)Teman, shall be dismayed,
To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau
May be cut off by slaughter.
Edom Mistreated His Brother
10 “For (C)violence against your brother Jacob,
Shame shall cover you,
And (D)you shall be cut off forever.
Amos 6:6
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6 Who (A)drink wine from bowls,
And anoint yourselves with the best ointments,
(B)But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Amos 5:15
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15 (A)Hate evil, love good;
Establish justice in the gate.
(B)It may be that the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Ezekiel 37:19
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19 (A)say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will take (B)the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.” ’
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Ezekiel 37:16
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16 “As for you, son of man, (A)take a stick for yourself and write on it: ‘For Judah and for (B)the children of Israel, his companions.’ Then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his companions.’
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Isaiah 47:14
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14 Behold, they shall be (A)as stubble,
The fire shall (B)burn them;
They shall not deliver themselves
From the power of the flame;
It shall not be a coal to be warmed by,
Nor a fire to sit before!
Isaiah 31:9
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9 (A)He shall cross over to his stronghold for fear,
And his princes shall be afraid of the banner,”
Says the Lord,
Whose fire is in Zion
And whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
Psalm 83:6-15
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6 (A)The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
Moab and the Hagrites;
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot. Selah
9 Deal with them as with (B)Midian,
As with (C)Sisera,
As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,
10 Who perished at En Dor,
(D)Who became as refuse on the earth.
11 Make their nobles like (E)Oreb and like Zeeb,
Yes, all their princes like (F)Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who said, “Let us take for ourselves
The pastures of God for a possession.”
13 (G)O my God, make them like the whirling dust,
(H)Like the chaff before the wind!
14 As the fire burns the woods,
And as the flame (I)sets the mountains on fire,
15 So pursue them with Your tempest,
And frighten them with Your storm.
2 Samuel 19:20
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20 For I, your servant, know that I have sinned. Therefore here I am, the first to come today of all (A)the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”
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