⁷ But the man who touches them Must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear: They shall be utterly burned with fire in [their] place

⁸ but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

⁸ Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nothing by the brightness of his coming;

⁸ giving vengeance to those who don't know God, and to those who don't obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus,

⁶ If a man doesn't remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

²⁷ But bring those enemies of mine who didn't want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.'"

¹⁴ But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, 'We don't want this man to reign over us.'

⁴² and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

¹⁰ "Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.

¹¹ I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.{TR and NU add "and with fire"}

¹² His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire."

⁴ Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march on them, I would burn them together.

⁸ Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked Were shaken, because he was angry.

⁹ There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, Fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

¹⁰ He bowed the heavens also, and came down; Thick darkness was under his feet.