He looked down at Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole valley and saw smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a huge furnace.

And he commanded the strongest men in his army to tie the three men up and throw them into the blazing furnace.

Now because the king had given strict orders for the furnace to be made extremely hot, the flames burned up the guards who took the men to the furnace.

The LORD Almighty says, "The day is coming when all proud and evil people will burn like straw. On that day they will burn up, and there will be nothing left of them.

and they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where they will cry and gnash their teeth.

and will throw them into the fiery furnace, where they will cry and gnash their teeth.

"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Away from me, you that are under God's curse! Away to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels!

These, then, will be sent off to eternal punishment, but the righteous will go to eternal life."

with a flaming fire, to punish those who reject God and who do not obey the Good News about our Lord Jesus.

Then death and the world of the dead were thrown into the lake of fire. (This lake of fire is the second death.)

Be merciful to me, O God, because I am under attack; my enemies persecute me all the time.

All day long my opponents attack me. There are so many who fight against me.

Then the earth opened up and swallowed Dathan and buried Abiram and his family;

they would weigh more than the sands of the sea, so my wild words should not surprise you.

The Lord destroyed without mercy every village in Judah And tore down the forts that defended the land. He brought disgrace on the kingdom and its rulers.

Then he warns them in anger and terrifies them with his fury.

and bow down to him; or else his anger will be quickly aroused, and you will suddenly die. Happy are all who go to him for protection.

The king was very angry; so he sent his soldiers, who killed those murderers and burned down their city.

They even tried to stop us from preaching to the Gentiles the message that would bring them salvation. In this way they have brought to completion all the sins they have always committed. And now God's anger has at last come down on them!

They called out to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the eyes of the one who sits on the throne and from the anger of the Lamb!

The terrible day of their anger is here, and who can stand up against it?"

Out of his mouth came a sharp sword, with which he will defeat the nations. He will rule over them with a rod of iron, and he will trample out the wine in the wine press of the furious anger of the Almighty God.

Smoke poured out of his nostrils, a consuming flame and burning coals from his mouth.

My anger will flame up like fire and burn everything on earth. It will reach to the world below and consume the roots of the mountains.

Your enemies do not know that you will punish them. LORD, put them to shame and let them suffer; let them suffer the punishment you have prepared. Show them how much you love your people.

When he is angry, who can survive? Who can survive his terrible fury? He pours out his flaming anger; rocks crumble to dust before him.

The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots; every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown in the fire.

He has his winnowing shovel with him to thresh out all the grain. He will gather his wheat into his barn, but he will burn the chaff in a fire that never goes out."