In my zeal, in the fire of my fury,<n id="1" /> I declare that on that day there will be a great earthquake<n id="2" /> in the land of Israel.

His body resembled yellow jasper,<n id="1" /> and his face had an appearance like lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches;<n id="2" /> his arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His voice<n id="3" /> thundered forth like the sound of a large crowd.p>

<p class="poetry">They approach him, all the while plotting against him.p> <p class="poetry">Their hearts are like an oven;p> <p class="poetry">their anger smolders all night long,p> <p class="poetry">but in the morning it bursts into a flaming fire.p>

<p class="poetry">Israel has forgotten his Maker and built royal palaces,p> <p class="poetry">and Judah has built many fortified cities.p> <p class="poetry">But I will send fire on their cities;p> <p class="poetry">it will consume their royal citadels.p>

<p class="poetry">To you, O <sc>Lordsc>, I call out for help,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for fire<n id="2" /> has burned up<n id="3" /> the grassy pastures,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">flames have razed<n id="5" /> all the trees in the fields.p>

<p class="poetry">Even the wild animals<n id="1" /> cry out to you;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for the river beds<n id="3" /> have dried up;p> <p class="poetry">fire has destroyed<n id="4" /> the grassy pastures.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like fire they devour everything in their path;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a flame blazes behind them.p> <p class="poetry">The land looks like the Garden of Eden<n id="2" /> before them,p> <p class="poetry">but behind them there is only a desolate wilderness &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">for nothing escapes them!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They sound like<n id="1" /> chariots rumbling<n id="2" /> over mountain tops,p> <p class="poetry">like the crackling<n id="3" /> of blazing fire consuming stubble,p> <p class="poetry">like the noise of<n id="4" /> a mighty army<n id="5" /> being drawn up for battle.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Seek the <sc>Lordsc> so you can live!p> <p class="poetry">Otherwise he will break out<n id="1" /> like fire against Joseph&#8217;s<n id="2" /> family;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">the fire<n id="4" /> will consumep> <p class="poetry">and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The sovereign <sc>Lordsc> showed me this: I saw<n id="1" /> the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> summoning a shower of fire.<n id="2" /> It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields.p>

<p class="poetry">No one can withstand<n id="1" /> his indignation!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">No one can resist<n id="3" /> his fierce anger!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">His wrath is poured out like volcanic fire,p> <p class="poetry">boulders are broken up<n id="5" /> as he approaches.<n id="6" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">The shields of his warriors are dyed red;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the mighty soldiers are dressed in scarlet garments.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The metal fittings<n id="3" /> of the chariots<n id="4" /> shinep> <p class="poetry">like<n id="5" /> fire<n id="6" /> on the day of battle;<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">the soldiers brandish<n id="8" /> their spears.<n id="9" />p>

<p class="poetry">Be sure of this! The <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies has decreed:p> <p class="poetry">The nations&#8217; efforts will go up in smoke;p> <p class="poetry">their exhausting work will be for nothing.<n id="1" />p>

But I (the <sc>Lordsc> says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem<n id="1" /> and the source of glory in her midst.&#8217;&#8221;p>

The <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> said to Satan, &#8220;May the <sc>Lordsc> rebuke you, Satan! May the <sc>Lordsc>, who has chosen Jerusalem,<n id="2" /> rebuke you! Isn&#8217;t this man like a burning stick snatched from the fire?&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner&#8217;s fire,<n id="1" /> like a launderer&#8217;s soap.

When Moses extended<n id="1" /> his staff toward the sky, the <sc>Lordsc><n id="2" /> sent thunder<n id="3" /> and hail, and fire fell to the earth;<n id="4" /> so the <sc>Lordsc> caused hail to rain down on the land of Egypt.

He took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire, ground it<n id="1" /> to powder, poured it out on the water, and made the Israelites drink it.<n id="2" />p>

and tear it open by its wings without dividing it into two parts.<n id="1" /> Finally, the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar on the wood which is in the fire &#8211; it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

all the rest of the bull<n id="1" /> &#8211; he must bring outside the camp<n id="2" /> to a ceremonially clean place,<n id="3" /> to the fatty ash pile,<n id="4" /> and he must burn<n id="5" /> it on a wood fire; it must be burned on the fatty ash pile.p>