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Isaiah 47:14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Isaiah 47:14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 See, they are like stubble;
the fire consumes them;
they cannot deliver themselves
from the power of the flame.
No coal for warming oneself is this,
no fire to sit before!(A)
2 Esdras 16:6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Esdras 16:6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 Can one drive off a hungry lion in the forest or quench a fire in the stubble once it has started to burn?[a](A)
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- 16.6 Other ancient authorities read fire when dry straw has been set on fire
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