“Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.”
The prophecy that as fire consumes stubble and dry grass falls completely consumes the rebellious people connects the judgment to the refining imagery used elsewhere in Isaiah and establishes that divine judgment will be as natural and inevitable as fire consuming combustible material. This verse uses a simile to emphasize the inevitability of judgment, suggesting that those who have become hardened in rebellion will be consumed as naturally and completely as fire consumes dry plant material. The root imagery—that their root will become like rot and their blossom rise like dust—extends the organic metaphor to suggest that the corruption extends to the very foundation of their existence. The reason for judgment—
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