Again, take a few of these, throw them into the fire, and burn them. From there a fire will spread to the whole house of Israel.
Parallel translations
- WEB Of these again you shall take, and cast them into the middle of the fire, and burn them in the fire; from it shall a fire come out into all the house of Israel.
- KJV Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
- NKJV Then take some of them again and throw them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire. From there a fire will go out into all the house of Israel.
- NASB Take again some of them and throw them into the fire and burn them in the fire; from it a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.
- NLT Then take some of these hairs out and throw them into the fire, burning them up. A fire will then spread from this remnant and destroy all of Israel.
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Even some of the spared hairs are thrown into the fire, spreading to all Israel. The judgment reaches even into the remnant, purifying and warning.
Overview
Some of the preserved hairs are cast back into the fire, and from them flames spread to the whole house of Israel. The sign warns that even survivors are not exempt from chastening, for sin among the remnant brings further trouble. God's purifying fire spares a people but refuses to leave their sin unaddressed, anticipating the refining work He does in His own.
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- 2 Kgs 25:25In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
- Jer 48:45“Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.
- Jer 41:1–18In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.
- Jer 4:4Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
- Jer 52:30in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. So in all, 4,600 people were taken away.
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