31 The strong one will become tinder,
and his work a spark;
both will burn together,(A)
with no one to quench the flames.(B)

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19 The land is scorched
by the wrath of the Lord of Hosts,
and the people are like fuel for the fire.(A)
No one has compassion on his brother.(B)

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14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
trembling seizes the ungodly:
“Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire?(A)
Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?”

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But who can endure the day of His coming? And who will be able to stand when He appears?(A) For He will be like a refiner’s fire(B) and like cleansing lye.(C)

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11 “I baptize you with[a] water for repentance,[b](A) but the One who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove[c] His sandals. He Himself will baptize you with[d] the Holy Spirit and fire.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 3:11 Or in
  2. Matthew 3:11 Baptism was the means by which repentance was expressed publicly.
  3. Matthew 3:11 Or to carry
  4. Matthew 3:11 Or in

17 His winnowing shovel[a](A) is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and gather the wheat into His barn, but the chaff He will burn up with a fire that never goes out.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 3:17 A wooden farm implement used to toss threshed grain into the wind so the lighter chaff would blow away and separate from the heavier grain

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