Isaiah 33:12

33:12 The nations will be burned to ashes; ¹ 

like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire.

Isaiah 66:16

66:16 For the Lord judges all humanity ² 

with fire and his sword;

the Lord will kill many. ³ 

Isaiah 37:19

37:19 They have burned the gods of the nations, ⁴  for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them. ⁵ 

Isaiah 54:16

54:16 Look, I create the craftsman,

who fans the coals into a fire

and forges a weapon. ⁶ 

I create the destroyer so he might devastate.

Isaiah 66:15

66:15 For look, the Lord comes with fire,

his chariots come like a windstorm, ⁷ 

to reveal his raging anger,

his battle cry, and his flaming arrows. ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “will be a burning to lime.” See Amos 2:1.

² tn Heb “flesh” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NIV “upon all men”; TEV “all the people of the world.”

³ tn Heb “many are the slain of the Lord.”

³ tn Heb “and they put their gods in the fire.”

⁴ tn Heb “so they destroyed them” (NASB similar).

⁴ tn Heb “who brings out an implement for his work.”

⁵ sn Chariots are like a windstorm in their swift movement and in the way that they kick up dust.

⁶ tn Heb “to cause to return with the rage of his anger, and his battle cry [or “rebuke”] with flames of fire.”