“As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;”
The judgment continues: "As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze." The image of fire consuming forests and engulfing mountains suggests total, comprehensive destruction. The comparison to natural catastrophes emphasizes the scale and inevitability of the judgment.
Church Fathers on Psalms 83:14
1. Of this Psalm the title is, “A song of a Psalm of Asaph.” We have already often said what is the interpretation of Asaph, that is, congregation. That man, therefore, who was called Asaph, is named in representation of the congregation of God's people in the titles of many Psalms. But in Greek, congregation is called synagogue, which has come to be held for a kind of proper name for the Jewish people, that it should be called The Synagogue; even as the Christian people is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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