The People Complain

11 Now the people became like (A)those who complain of adversity (B)in the ears of the Lord; and the Lord heard them and His anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some at the outskirts of the camp. (C)The people then cried out to Moses; and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire [a]died out. So that place was named [b](D)Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burned among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:2 Lit sank down
  2. Numbers 11:3 I.e., the place for burning

I have no wrath.
Should [a]someone give Me (A)briars and thorns in battle,
Then I would step on them, (B)I would burn them [b]completely.

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  1. Isaiah 27:4 Lit who
  2. Isaiah 27:4 Lit altogether

12 The peoples will be burned to lime,
(A)Like cut thorns which are burned in the fire.

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(A)Circumcise yourselves to the Lord
And remove the foreskins of your hearts,
Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Or else My (B)wrath will spread like fire
And burn with (C)no one to quench it,
Because of the evil of your deeds.”

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20 Therefore this is what the Lord [a]God says: “Behold, My (A)anger and My wrath will be poured out on this place, on human and animal life, and on the (B)trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; and it will burn and not be quenched.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:20 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

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