Psalm 1:4
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- 1:4 The wicked: those who by their actions distance themselves from God’s life-giving presence.
Psalm 35:5
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5 Make them like chaff before the wind,(A)
with the angel of the Lord driving them on.
Psalm 58:10
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10 Suddenly, like brambles or thistles,
have the whirlwind snatch them away.(A)
Isaiah 5:24
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24 Therefore, as the tongue of fire licks up stubble,
as dry grass shrivels in the flame,
Their root shall rot
and their blossom scatter like dust;
For they have rejected the instruction of the Lord of hosts,
and scorned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 10:17
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17 The Light of Israel will become a fire,
the Holy One, a flame,
That burns and consumes its briers
and its thorns in a single day.(A)
Isaiah 17:13
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13 [a]But God shall rebuke them,
and they shall flee far away,
Driven like chaff on the mountains before a wind,
like tumbleweed before a storm.(A)
Isaiah 29:5
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5 The horde of your arrogant shall be like fine dust,
a horde of tyrants like flying chaff.(A)
Then suddenly, in an instant,
Ezekiel 21:3
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3 Say to the forest in the south: Hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God: See! I am kindling a fire in you that shall devour every green tree as well as every dry tree. The blazing flame shall not be quenched so that from south to north every face shall be scorched by it.
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