They are like young plants, just set out and barely rooted. When the LORD sends a wind, they dry up and blow away like straw.

"Who was it that brought the conqueror from the east and makes him triumphant wherever he goes? Who gives him victory over kings and nations? His sword strikes them down as if they were dust. His arrows scatter them like straw before the wind.

and will punish them. They have escaped one fire, but now fire will burn them up. When I punish them, you will know that I am the LORD.

Scatter them like dust, O God, like straw blown away by the wind.

chase them away with your storm and terrify them with your fierce winds.

As they leap on the tops of the mountains, they rattle like chariots; they crackle like dry grass on fire. They are lined up like a great army ready for battle.

The people of Jacob and of Joseph will be like fire; they will destroy the people of Esau as fire burns stubble. No descendant of Esau will survive. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Like tangled thorns and dry straw you drunkards will be burned up!

The LORD Almighty says, "The day is coming when all proud and evil people will burn like straw. On that day they will burn up, and there will be nothing left of them.

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather be afraid of God, who can destroy both body and soul in hell.

Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life? Of course not! There is nothing you can give to regain your life.

You will be shattered like a clay pot, so badly broken that there is no piece big enough to pick up hot coals with or to dip water from a cistern."

Babylonia, you are like a mountain that destroys the whole world, but I, the LORD, am your enemy. I will take hold of you, level you to the ground, and leave you in ashes.

None of the stones from your ruins will ever be used again for building. You will be like a desert forever. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "This is how the great city Babylon will be violently thrown down and will never be seen again.