² tn Heb “have been burned with fire” (so also in Neh 2:17). The expression “burned with fire” is redundant in contemporary English; the translation uses “burned down” for stylistic reasons.

¹ tn Heb “and with fire they are completely burned up in [the place where they] remain.” The infinitive absolute is used before the finite verb to emphasize that they are completely consumed by the fire.

¹ tn Heb “who passes his son or his daughter through the fire.” The expression “pass…through the fire” is probably a euphemism for human sacrifice (cf. NAB, NIV, TEV, NLT). See also Deut 12:31.

⁶ tn The translation “as an offering made by fire” is a standard rendering of the one word in the text that appears to refer to “fire.” Milgrom and others contend that it simply means a “gift” (Leviticus 1-16, 161).

² tn Grk “who had authority over.” This appears to be the angel who tended the fire on the altar.

⁷ sn The colors of the riders’ breastplates parallel the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur in v. 18.

⁴ tn Grk “a flame of fire.” The Greek term πυρός (puros) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

⁴ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Aram “from the midst of the fire.” For stylistic reasons the words “the midst of” have been left untranslated.

¹ sn The phrase “in the fire of my fury” occurs in Ezek 21:31 and 22:21, 31.

² tn Fire also appears as a form of judgment in Ezek 15:4-7 and 19:12, 14.

¹ tn This is the same Hebrew verb used to describe the passing of the children through the fire.

² tc The MT reads “fire” rather than “man,” the reading of the LXX. The nouns are very similar in Hebrew.

⁶ tn Heb “like wood and it [i.e., the fire I put in your mouth] will consume them.”

⁵ tn Or “burns.” The Lord’s anger is compared here to fire, the most destructive force known in ancient Israel.