“And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.”
The fire will burn from south to north, so all flesh will see that God the Lord has kindled it; it will not be quenched. The directional sweep of fire from south to north covers the entire land, establishing universality of judgment. The visibility of the fire ensures that all inhabitants witness divine judgment in action. The impossibility of quenching emphasizes the certainty and inevitability of coming destruction.
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