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Blow them away like smoke.
    Melt them like wax in a fire.
    Let the wicked perish in the presence of God.

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May you blow them away like smoke—(A)
    as wax melts(B) before the fire,
    may the wicked perish(C) before God.

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The mountains melt beneath his feet
    and flow into the valleys
like wax in a fire,
    like water pouring down a hill.

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The mountains melt(A) beneath him(B)
    and the valleys split apart,(C)
like wax before the fire,
    like water rushing down a slope.

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20 But the wicked will die.
    The Lord’s enemies are like flowers in a field—
    they will disappear like smoke.

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20 But the wicked will perish:(A)
    Though the Lord’s enemies are like the flowers of the field,
    they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.(B)

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Therefore, they will disappear like the morning mist,
    like dew in the morning sun,
like chaff blown by the wind,
    like smoke from a chimney.

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Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears,(A)
    like chaff(B) swirling from a threshing floor,(C)
    like smoke(D) escaping through a window.

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18 This wickedness is like a brushfire.
    It burns not only briers and thorns
but also sets the forests ablaze.
    Its burning sends up clouds of smoke.

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18 Surely wickedness burns like a fire;(A)
    it consumes briers and thorns,(B)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,(C)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.

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The mountains melt like wax before the Lord,
    before the Lord of all the earth.

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The mountains melt(A) like wax(B) before the Lord,
    before the Lord of all the earth.(C)

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16 And they cried to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb. 17 For the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to survive?”

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16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us(A) and hide us[a] from the face of him who sits on the throne(B) and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day(C) of their[b] wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:16 See Hosea 10:8.
  2. Revelation 6:17 Some manuscripts his

16 For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies.
    May they perish at the sight of your frown.

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16 Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire;(A)
    at your rebuke(B) your people perish.

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in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don’t know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power.

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He will punish(A) those who do not know God(B) and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.(C) They will be punished with everlasting destruction(D) and shut out from the presence of the Lord(E) and from the glory of his might(F)

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In his presence the mountains quake,
    and the hills melt away;
the earth trembles,
    and its people are destroyed.
Who can stand before his fierce anger?
    Who can survive his burning fury?
His rage blazes forth like fire,
    and the mountains crumble to dust in his presence.

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The mountains quake(A) before him
    and the hills melt away.(B)
The earth trembles(C) at his presence,
    the world and all who live in it.(D)
Who can withstand(E) his indignation?
    Who can endure(F) his fierce anger?(G)
His wrath is poured out like fire;(H)
    the rocks are shattered(I) before him.

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[a]As fire causes wood to burn
    and water to boil,
your coming would make the nations tremble.
    Then your enemies would learn the reason for your fame!

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Footnotes

  1. 64:2 Verses 64:2-12 are numbered 64:1-11 in Hebrew text.

As when fire sets twigs ablaze
    and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name(A) known to your enemies
    and cause the nations to quake(B) before you!

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No wonder you are greatly feared!
    Who can stand before you when your anger explodes?

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It is you alone who are to be feared.(A)
    Who can stand(B) before you when you are angry?(C)

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14 My life is poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.
My heart is like wax,
    melting within me.

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14 I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.(A)
My heart has turned to wax;(B)
    it has melted(C) within me.

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