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Isa 10:17 — And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the light		Isa 60:19; Psa 27:1; Psa 84:11; Rev 21:23; Rev 22:5
for a flame		Isa 30:27,28; Isa 33:14; Isa 64:1,2; Isa 66:15,16,24; Num 11:1-3; Num 16:35; Psa 18:8; Psa 21:9; Psa 50:3; Psa 83:14,15; Jer 4:4; Jer 7:20; Mal 4:1-3; Mat 3:12; 2Th 1:7-9; Hbr 12:29
devour		Isa 27:4; Isa 37:36; Psa 97:3; Nah 1:5,6,10

Correlating Passages

the light

	Isa 60:19	The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
	Psa 27:1	[[[A Psalm] of David.]] The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
	Psa 84:11	For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
	Rev 21:23	And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb [is] the light thereof.
	Rev 22:5	And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

for a flame

	Isa 30:27	Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning [with] his anger, and the burden [thereof is] heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
	Isa 30:28	And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and [there shall be] a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing [them] to err.
	Isa 33:14	The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
	Isa 64:1	Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
	Isa 64:2	As [when] the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, [that] the nations may tremble at thy presence!
	Isa 66:15	For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
	Isa 66:16	For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
	Isa 66:24	And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
	Num 11:1	And [when] the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard [it]; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed [them that were] in the uttermost parts of the camp.
	Num 11:2	And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
	Num 11:3	And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
	Num 16:35	And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
	Psa 18:8	There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
	Psa 21:9	Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
	Psa 50:3	Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
	Psa 83:14	As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
	Psa 83:15	So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
	Jer 4:4	Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench [it], because of the evil of your doings.
	Jer 7:20	Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
	Mal 4:1	For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
	Mal 4:2	But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
	Mal 4:3	And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do [this], saith the LORD of hosts.
	Mat 3:12	Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
	2Th 1:7	And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
	2Th 1:8	In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
	2Th 1:9	Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
	Hbr 12:29	For our God [is] a consuming fire.

devour

	Isa 27:4	Fury [is] not in me: who would set the briers [and] thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
	Isa 37:36	Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they [were] all dead corpses.
	Psa 97:3	A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
	Nah 1:5	The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
	Nah 1:6	Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
	Nah 1:10	For while [they be] folden together [as] thorns, and while they are drunken [as] drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

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