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Psalms 83:14

12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
KJV
As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
WEB
As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
ASV
As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,
DARBY
As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,
BLB
As the fire burns a forest, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire,
ÅB
Som en ild som tenner en skog, og som en flamme som setter fjell i brann,
OTB
Som en ild som fortærer skogen,
Og som en flamme som antenner fjellene,
B1930
Som en ild som tender en skog, og som en lue som setter fjell i brand,

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 32:22

    For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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  • Malachi 4:1

    For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

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  • Isaiah 9:18

    For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

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  • Nahum 1:6

    Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

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  • Isaiah 30:33

    For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

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  • Nahum 1:10

    For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

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  • Isaiah 64:1–2

    Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

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  • Isaiah 33:11–12

    Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.

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