Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.

The Lord thundered in the sky; the sovereign One shouted.

my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:

Our God approaches and is not silent; consuming fire goes ahead of him and all around him a storm rages.

As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.

When the Lord heard this, he was furious. A fire broke out against Jacob, and his anger flared up against Israel,

How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?

How long, O Lord, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?

They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly as a fire among thorns. Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.

May he rain down fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape.

Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.

the grave, the barren womb, land that is not satisfied with water, and fire that never says, “Enough!”

The light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One will become a flame; it will burn and consume the Assyrian king’s briers and his thorns in one day.

For the Lord judges all humanity with fire and his sword; the Lord will kill many.

I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about. For my anger is like a fire that will burn against you.”

But I will punish you as your deeds deserve,’ says the Lord. ‘I will set fire to your palace; it will burn up everything around it.’”

I will send men against it to destroy it with their axes and hatchets. They will hack up its fine cedar panels and columns and throw them into the fire.

My message is like a fire that purges dross! It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces! I, the Lord, so affirm it!

Then the Babylonian forces will return. They will attack the city and will capture it and burn it down.

You will stumble and fall, you proud city; no one will help you get up. I will set fire to your towns; it will burn up everything that surrounds you.”