For it would be a fire that consumes to Abaddon and would root out all my increase, describing adultery using the metaphor of consuming fire that reaches destruction itself, suggesting that sexual transgression destroys everything—happiness, property, even existence. The consuming fire suggests overwhelming destruction. Reaching to Abaddon suggests extending even to ultimate destruction. The rooting out of all increase suggests comprehensive loss. The verse emphasizes the totality of destruction adultery produces.

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