The LORD will not forgive such a man. Instead, the LORD's burning anger will flame up against him, and all the disasters written in this book will fall on him until the LORD has destroyed him completely.

Then the LORD sent a fire that blazed out and burned up the 250 men who had presented the incense.

He will destroy them like a blazing fire when he appears. The LORD will devour them in his anger, and fire will consume them.

As fire burns the forest, as flames set the hills on fire,

Fire goes in front of him and burns up his enemies around him.

The LORD will come with fire. He will ride on the wings of a storm to punish those he is angry with.

By fire and sword he will punish all the people of the world whom he finds guilty---and many will be put to death.

Keep your covenant with me, your LORD, and dedicate yourselves to me, you people of Judah and Jerusalem. If you don't, my anger will burn like fire because of the evil things you have done. It will burn, and there will be no one to put it out."

I will make them serve their enemies in a land they know nothing about, because my anger is like fire, and it will burn forever."

You will have to give up the land I gave you, and I will make you serve your enemies in a land you know nothing about, because my anger is like a fire, and it will burn forever."

In his fury he shattered the strength of Israel; He refused to help us when the enemy came. He raged against us like fire, destroying everything.

The LORD turned loose the full force of his fury; he lit a fire in Zion that burned it to the ground.

"I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken out in the heat of my anger against the surrounding nations, and especially against Edom. With glee and contempt they captured my land and took possession of its pastures.

When he is angry, who can survive? Who can survive his terrible fury? He pours out his flaming anger; rocks crumble to dust before him.

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.

But for you who obey me, my saving power will rise on you like the sun and bring healing like the sun's rays. You will be as free and happy as calves let out of a stall.

So if your hand makes you lose your faith, cut it off ! It is better for you to enter life without a hand than to keep both hands and go off to hell, to the fire that never goes out.

And if your foot makes you lose your faith, cut it off ! It is better for you to enter life without a foot than to keep both feet and be thrown into hell.

And if your eye makes you lose your faith, take it out! It is better for you to enter the Kingdom of God with only one eye than to keep both eyes and be thrown into hell.

with a flaming fire, to punish those who reject God and who do not obey the Good News about our Lord Jesus.

because our God is indeed a destroying fire.

How great is your constant love for me! You have saved me from the grave itself.

Long ago a place was prepared where a huge fire will burn the emperor of Assyria. It is deep and wide, and piled high with wood. The LORD will breathe out a stream of flame to set it on fire.

"Just wait," the LORD says. "Wait for the day when I rise to accuse the nations. I have made up my mind to gather nations and kingdoms in order to let them feel the force of my anger. The whole earth will be destroyed by the fire of my fury.

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.

And if your eye makes you lose your faith, take it out and throw it away! It is better for you to enter life with only one eye than to keep both eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

You snakes and children of snakes! How do you expect to escape from being condemned to hell?

So God has pronounced a curse on the earth. Its people are paying for what they have done. Fewer and fewer remain alive.

The earth will crack and shatter and split open.

The earth itself will stagger like a drunk, sway like a hut in a storm. The world is weighed down by its sins; it will collapse and never rise again.

Without warning he moves mountains and in anger he destroys them.

God sends earthquakes and shakes the ground; he rocks the pillars that support the earth.

So we will not be afraid, even if the earth is shaken and mountains fall into the ocean depths;

O LORD, tear the sky open and come down; touch the mountains, and they will pour out smoke.

The mountains and hills may crumble, but my love for you will never end; I will keep forever my promise of peace." So says the LORD who loves you.

Then the mountains will melt under him like wax in a fire; they will pour down into the valleys like water pouring down a hill.

Mountains quake in the presence of the LORD; hills melt before him. The earth shakes when the LORD appears; the world and all its people tremble.

When the mountains saw you, they trembled; water poured down from the skies. The waters under the earth roared, and their waves rose high.