Verse 12

The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 23:6-7 : 6 But all of the ungodly shall be as thorns to be thrust away, because they can't be taken with the hand, 7 But the man who touches them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear. They shall be utterly burned with fire in their place."
  • Isa 27:4 : 4 Wrath is not in me, but if I should find briers and thorns, I would do battle! I would march on them and I would burn them together.
  • Isa 37:36 : 36 The angel of Yahweh went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
  • Amos 2:1 : 1 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;
  • Isa 9:18 : 18 For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
  • Isa 10:17 : 17 The light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.